diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index 618fb1c1dd477671573f45ac2c2359d44af862cb..40fd66fbe4e181de8433188286ae016b7f7ad40b 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -3725,6 +3725,7 @@ struct net_device *alloc_netdev_mq(int sizeof_priv, const char *name,
 	dev = (struct net_device *)
 		(((long)p + NETDEV_ALIGN_CONST) & ~NETDEV_ALIGN_CONST);
 	dev->padded = (char *)dev - (char *)p;
+	dev->nd_net = &init_net;
 
 	if (sizeof_priv) {
 		dev->priv = ((char *)dev +