diff --git a/net/ipv6/sit.c b/net/ipv6/sit.c
index a6a3d759246ecb7f8bb02fafb8638590f052d1d7..bab0e99f6e356fa65ea81bf741c841be0e7fcdd3 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/sit.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/sit.c
@@ -1924,7 +1924,6 @@ static int __net_init sit_init_net(struct net *net)
 	return 0;
 
 err_reg_dev:
-	ipip6_dev_free(sitn->fb_tunnel_dev);
 	free_netdev(sitn->fb_tunnel_dev);
 err_alloc_dev:
 	return err;