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-rw-r--r--drivers/net/slip/slip.c3
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/slip/slip.c b/drivers/net/slip/slip.c
index d4a33baa33b6..3132cf4626a8 100644
--- a/drivers/net/slip/slip.c
+++ b/drivers/net/slip/slip.c
@@ -867,7 +867,10 @@ err_free_chan:
sl->tty = NULL;
tty->disc_data = NULL;
clear_bit(SLF_INUSE, &sl->flags);
+ /* do not call free_netdev before rtnl_unlock */
+ rtnl_unlock();
sl_free_netdev(sl->dev);
+ return err;
err_exit:
rtnl_unlock();