diff --git a/net/core/netpoll.c b/net/core/netpoll.c
index c3c7b27c112d805cc2c2e0011501d65fddbc44d1..fc75c9e461b8d366d5c29417735432dc573f08ae 100644
--- a/net/core/netpoll.c
+++ b/net/core/netpoll.c
@@ -1284,15 +1284,14 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__netpoll_free_async);
 
 void netpoll_cleanup(struct netpoll *np)
 {
-	if (!np->dev)
-		return;
-
 	rtnl_lock();
+	if (!np->dev)
+		goto out;
 	__netpoll_cleanup(np);
-	rtnl_unlock();
-
 	dev_put(np->dev);
 	np->dev = NULL;
+out:
+	rtnl_unlock();
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(netpoll_cleanup);