diff --git a/drivers/net/veth.c b/drivers/net/veth.c
index ffb502daa91655096398a950b2e184c8f3a82a15..9bed694cd215a4d644952978e20172ae3bdc8175 100644
--- a/drivers/net/veth.c
+++ b/drivers/net/veth.c
@@ -450,8 +450,8 @@ static void veth_dellink(struct net_device *dev, struct list_head *head)
 	priv = netdev_priv(dev);
 	peer = priv->peer;
 
-	unregister_netdevice(dev);
-	unregister_netdevice(peer);
+	unregister_netdevice_queue(dev, head);
+	unregister_netdevice_queue(peer, head);
 }
 
 static const struct nla_policy veth_policy[VETH_INFO_MAX + 1];