diff --git a/include/linux/rtnetlink.h b/include/linux/rtnetlink.h
index 3b0419072f88f2f5addb46b265cf7e9b4282537d..5db76a32fcaba3d9656fa5de6d077780d1d07e46 100644
--- a/include/linux/rtnetlink.h
+++ b/include/linux/rtnetlink.h
@@ -17,6 +17,11 @@ extern int rtnl_put_cacheinfo(struct sk_buff *skb, struct dst_entry *dst,
 			      u32 id, long expires, u32 error);
 
 void rtmsg_ifinfo(int type, struct net_device *dev, unsigned change, gfp_t flags);
+struct sk_buff *rtmsg_ifinfo_build_skb(int type, struct net_device *dev,
+				       unsigned change, gfp_t flags);
+void rtmsg_ifinfo_send(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev,
+		       gfp_t flags);
+
 
 /* RTNL is used as a global lock for all changes to network configuration  */
 extern void rtnl_lock(void);
diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index 0814a560e5f3458714ffa316bcbf34c6af4a79c5..dd3bf582e6f0a180c7fb0135fde35b3f0c6a8ac6 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -5925,6 +5925,8 @@ static void rollback_registered_many(struct list_head *head)
 	synchronize_net();
 
 	list_for_each_entry(dev, head, unreg_list) {
+		struct sk_buff *skb = NULL;
+
 		/* Shutdown queueing discipline. */
 		dev_shutdown(dev);
 
@@ -5934,6 +5936,11 @@ static void rollback_registered_many(struct list_head *head)
 		*/
 		call_netdevice_notifiers(NETDEV_UNREGISTER, dev);
 
+		if (!dev->rtnl_link_ops ||
+		    dev->rtnl_link_state == RTNL_LINK_INITIALIZED)
+			skb = rtmsg_ifinfo_build_skb(RTM_DELLINK, dev, ~0U,
+						     GFP_KERNEL);
+
 		/*
 		 *	Flush the unicast and multicast chains
 		 */
@@ -5943,9 +5950,8 @@ static void rollback_registered_many(struct list_head *head)
 		if (dev->netdev_ops->ndo_uninit)
 			dev->netdev_ops->ndo_uninit(dev);
 
-		if (!dev->rtnl_link_ops ||
-		    dev->rtnl_link_state == RTNL_LINK_INITIALIZED)
-			rtmsg_ifinfo(RTM_DELLINK, dev, ~0U, GFP_KERNEL);
+		if (skb)
+			rtmsg_ifinfo_send(skb, dev, GFP_KERNEL);
 
 		/* Notifier chain MUST detach us all upper devices. */
 		WARN_ON(netdev_has_any_upper_dev(dev));
diff --git a/net/core/rtnetlink.c b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
index 61cb7e7cc3c7725cf8435f61578268328a76e3d9..a9be2c1617028c9203f93c8c8683f4099ad3e356 100644
--- a/net/core/rtnetlink.c
+++ b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
@@ -2245,8 +2245,8 @@ static int rtnl_dump_all(struct sk_buff *skb, struct netlink_callback *cb)
 	return skb->len;
 }
 
-void rtmsg_ifinfo(int type, struct net_device *dev, unsigned int change,
-		  gfp_t flags)
+struct sk_buff *rtmsg_ifinfo_build_skb(int type, struct net_device *dev,
+				       unsigned int change, gfp_t flags)
 {
 	struct net *net = dev_net(dev);
 	struct sk_buff *skb;
@@ -2264,11 +2264,28 @@ void rtmsg_ifinfo(int type, struct net_device *dev, unsigned int change,
 		kfree_skb(skb);
 		goto errout;
 	}
-	rtnl_notify(skb, net, 0, RTNLGRP_LINK, NULL, flags);
-	return;
+	return skb;
 errout:
 	if (err < 0)
 		rtnl_set_sk_err(net, RTNLGRP_LINK, err);
+	return NULL;
+}
+
+void rtmsg_ifinfo_send(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev, gfp_t flags)
+{
+	struct net *net = dev_net(dev);
+
+	rtnl_notify(skb, net, 0, RTNLGRP_LINK, NULL, flags);
+}
+
+void rtmsg_ifinfo(int type, struct net_device *dev, unsigned int change,
+		  gfp_t flags)
+{
+	struct sk_buff *skb;
+
+	skb = rtmsg_ifinfo_build_skb(type, dev, change, flags);
+	if (skb)
+		rtmsg_ifinfo_send(skb, dev, flags);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(rtmsg_ifinfo);