diff --git a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c b/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
index 9eac3a7fefa39b5f57086c74934dd5e8867020d3..f7c8bbeb27b704c0106f714d5a0677c27d3346e0 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
@@ -5380,10 +5380,8 @@ static void __net_exit addrconf_exit_net(struct net *net)
 	__addrconf_sysctl_unregister(net->ipv6.devconf_dflt);
 	__addrconf_sysctl_unregister(net->ipv6.devconf_all);
 #endif
-	if (!net_eq(net, &init_net)) {
-		kfree(net->ipv6.devconf_dflt);
-		kfree(net->ipv6.devconf_all);
-	}
+	kfree(net->ipv6.devconf_dflt);
+	kfree(net->ipv6.devconf_all);
 }
 
 static struct pernet_operations addrconf_ops = {