diff --git a/net/ipv6/sit.c b/net/ipv6/sit.c
index bcd690ccb551ecbfbd9d4af15e658ae2b297a7d9..f2a2065d640ffa5b0961f3317a81d79183b0bf68 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/sit.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/sit.c
@@ -1875,7 +1875,6 @@ 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;