diff --git a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c b/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
index 8697551b16a8a28693392cad6ecc1f204aedd002..38eeddedfc21baa843b315d720cc94a28b6af605 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
@@ -1772,12 +1772,13 @@ struct inet6_ifaddr *ipv6_get_ifaddr(struct net *net, const struct in6_addr *add
 
 static void addrconf_dad_stop(struct inet6_ifaddr *ifp, int dad_failed)
 {
+	if (dad_failed)
+		ifp->flags |= IFA_F_DADFAILED;
+
 	if (ifp->flags&IFA_F_PERMANENT) {
 		spin_lock_bh(&ifp->lock);
 		addrconf_del_dad_work(ifp);
 		ifp->flags |= IFA_F_TENTATIVE;
-		if (dad_failed)
-			ifp->flags |= IFA_F_DADFAILED;
 		spin_unlock_bh(&ifp->lock);
 		if (dad_failed)
 			ipv6_ifa_notify(0, ifp);