diff --git a/net/ipv6/sit.c b/net/ipv6/sit.c index e794ef66a40135f33b5731a1059a6f45d0fc90b7..2066d1c25a11bb18bbe75caf4abe38eeccaa4b61 100644 --- a/net/ipv6/sit.c +++ b/net/ipv6/sit.c @@ -201,14 +201,14 @@ static int ipip6_tunnel_create(struct net_device *dev) if ((__force u16)t->parms.i_flags & SIT_ISATAP) dev->priv_flags |= IFF_ISATAP; + dev->rtnl_link_ops = &sit_link_ops; + err = register_netdevice(dev); if (err < 0) goto out; ipip6_tunnel_clone_6rd(dev, sitn); - dev->rtnl_link_ops = &sit_link_ops; - dev_hold(dev); ipip6_tunnel_link(sitn, t);