diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index 1618d5a676c47ca6e02a0bd0b0a7ba35e3ebe5c5..5e668d3b1e7177998eaa381be644d9ca417536d7 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -8753,6 +8753,13 @@ int register_netdevice(struct net_device *dev)
 		rcu_barrier();
 
 		dev->reg_state = NETREG_UNREGISTERED;
+		/* We should put the kobject that hold in
+		 * netdev_unregister_kobject(), otherwise
+		 * the net device cannot be freed when
+		 * driver calls free_netdev(), because the
+		 * kobject is being hold.
+		 */
+		kobject_put(&dev->dev.kobj);
 	}
 	/*
 	 *	Prevent userspace races by waiting until the network