diff --git a/net/8021q/vlan_core.c b/net/8021q/vlan_core.c
index a313165e7a673051c46d652a3da654f2b87be76d..78ec2e1b14d157ce9f530227a4db1c06b568fc42 100644
--- a/net/8021q/vlan_core.c
+++ b/net/8021q/vlan_core.c
@@ -359,9 +359,8 @@ static void __vlan_vid_del(struct vlan_info *vlan_info,
 	int err;
 
 	err = vlan_kill_rx_filter_info(dev, proto, vid);
-	if (err)
-		pr_warn("failed to kill vid %04x/%d for device %s\n",
-			proto, vid, dev->name);
+	if (err && dev->reg_state != NETREG_UNREGISTERING)
+		netdev_warn(dev, "failed to kill vid %04x/%d\n", proto, vid);
 
 	list_del(&vid_info->list);
 	kfree(vid_info);