diff --git a/net/bridge/br_ioctl.c b/net/bridge/br_ioctl.c
index 7970f8540cbbc0036b9e18c77a4feb0ec3b34264..66cd9877205180aba5b6ed145353cb27e3263e13 100644
--- a/net/bridge/br_ioctl.c
+++ b/net/bridge/br_ioctl.c
@@ -102,6 +102,9 @@ static int add_del_if(struct net_bridge *br, int ifindex, int isadd)
 	else
 		ret = br_del_if(br, dev);
 
+	if (!ret)
+		rtmsg_ifinfo(RTM_NEWLINK, dev, IFF_MASTER, GFP_KERNEL);
+
 	return ret;
 }