diff --git a/drivers/net/vxlan.c b/drivers/net/vxlan.c
index 5c1d69e37870dff0286ec1cc35d2802d6e6318b4..a6b5052c1d36bb99260dd4232842fa9e8df2621c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/vxlan.c
+++ b/drivers/net/vxlan.c
@@ -59,6 +59,8 @@ static const u8 all_zeros_mac[ETH_ALEN + 2];
 
 static int vxlan_sock_add(struct vxlan_dev *vxlan);
 
+static void vxlan_vs_del_dev(struct vxlan_dev *vxlan);
+
 /* per-network namespace private data for this module */
 struct vxlan_net {
 	struct list_head  vxlan_list;
@@ -1081,6 +1083,8 @@ static void vxlan_sock_release(struct vxlan_dev *vxlan)
 	rcu_assign_pointer(vxlan->vn4_sock, NULL);
 	synchronize_net();
 
+	vxlan_vs_del_dev(vxlan);
+
 	if (__vxlan_sock_release_prep(sock4)) {
 		udp_tunnel_sock_release(sock4->sock);
 		kfree(sock4);
@@ -2356,6 +2360,15 @@ static void vxlan_cleanup(unsigned long arg)
 	mod_timer(&vxlan->age_timer, next_timer);
 }
 
+static void vxlan_vs_del_dev(struct vxlan_dev *vxlan)
+{
+	struct vxlan_net *vn = net_generic(vxlan->net, vxlan_net_id);
+
+	spin_lock(&vn->sock_lock);
+	hlist_del_init_rcu(&vxlan->hlist);
+	spin_unlock(&vn->sock_lock);
+}
+
 static void vxlan_vs_add_dev(struct vxlan_sock *vs, struct vxlan_dev *vxlan)
 {
 	struct vxlan_net *vn = net_generic(vxlan->net, vxlan_net_id);
@@ -3300,15 +3313,9 @@ static int vxlan_changelink(struct net_device *dev, struct nlattr *tb[],
 static void vxlan_dellink(struct net_device *dev, struct list_head *head)
 {
 	struct vxlan_dev *vxlan = netdev_priv(dev);
-	struct vxlan_net *vn = net_generic(vxlan->net, vxlan_net_id);
 
 	vxlan_flush(vxlan, true);
 
-	spin_lock(&vn->sock_lock);
-	if (!hlist_unhashed(&vxlan->hlist))
-		hlist_del_rcu(&vxlan->hlist);
-	spin_unlock(&vn->sock_lock);
-
 	gro_cells_destroy(&vxlan->gro_cells);
 	list_del(&vxlan->next);
 	unregister_netdevice_queue(dev, head);