diff --git a/net/core/netpoll.c b/net/core/netpoll.c
index 560297ee55b40124c9da83a2d676e349b19eca51..ca6dc31843eaf9ca7f3cc480ad70481b63971fd1 100644
--- a/net/core/netpoll.c
+++ b/net/core/netpoll.c
@@ -748,7 +748,6 @@ int __netpoll_setup(struct netpoll *np)
 
 	/* last thing to do is link it to the net device structure */
 	rcu_assign_pointer(ndev->npinfo, npinfo);
-	rtnl_unlock();
 
 	return 0;