diff --git a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c b/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
index 840bfdb3d7bd8da2d7a8bd77649c51a3a7e197c4..861265fa9d6d250ceefb002afe707f116705e2b2 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
@@ -7189,7 +7189,7 @@ void addrconf_cleanup(void)
 			continue;
 		addrconf_ifdown(dev, 1);
 	}
-	addrconf_ifdown(init_net.loopback_dev, 2);
+	addrconf_ifdown(init_net.loopback_dev, 1);
 
 	/*
 	 *	Check hash table.