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-rw-r--r--net/ipv6/addrconf.c4
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c b/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
index 9b0a9064315..171e5b55d7d 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
@@ -413,8 +413,6 @@ static struct inet6_dev * ipv6_add_dev(struct net_device *dev)
if (netif_carrier_ok(dev))
ndev->if_flags |= IF_READY;
- /* protected by rtnl_lock */
- rcu_assign_pointer(dev->ip6_ptr, ndev);
ipv6_mc_init_dev(ndev);
ndev->tstamp = jiffies;
@@ -425,6 +423,8 @@ static struct inet6_dev * ipv6_add_dev(struct net_device *dev)
NULL);
addrconf_sysctl_register(ndev, &ndev->cnf);
#endif
+ /* protected by rtnl_lock */
+ rcu_assign_pointer(dev->ip6_ptr, ndev);
return ndev;
}