diff --git a/net/bridge/br_if.c b/net/bridge/br_if.c
index e73815456adf2763f72d15ee649e2a3b1d6052a5..1d420f64ff270b812ec206088d85c43b255a954f 100644
--- a/net/bridge/br_if.c
+++ b/net/bridge/br_if.c
@@ -161,9 +161,10 @@ static void del_nbp(struct net_bridge_port *p)
 	call_rcu(&p->rcu, destroy_nbp_rcu);
 }
 
-/* called with RTNL */
-static void del_br(struct net_bridge *br, struct list_head *head)
+/* Delete bridge device */
+void br_dev_delete(struct net_device *dev, struct list_head *head)
 {
+	struct net_bridge *br = netdev_priv(dev);
 	struct net_bridge_port *p, *n;
 
 	list_for_each_entry_safe(p, n, &br->port_list, list) {
@@ -268,7 +269,7 @@ int br_del_bridge(struct net *net, const char *name)
 	}
 
 	else
-		del_br(netdev_priv(dev), NULL);
+		br_dev_delete(dev, NULL);
 
 	rtnl_unlock();
 	return ret;
@@ -449,7 +450,7 @@ void __net_exit br_net_exit(struct net *net)
 	rtnl_lock();
 	for_each_netdev(net, dev)
 		if (dev->priv_flags & IFF_EBRIDGE)
-			del_br(netdev_priv(dev), &list);
+			br_dev_delete(dev, &list);
 
 	unregister_netdevice_many(&list);
 	rtnl_unlock();
diff --git a/net/bridge/br_netlink.c b/net/bridge/br_netlink.c
index 5b1ed1ba9aa7bd52a811eb3dbc2ca76d2a2050ac..e5f9ece3c9a0f9637c8ad98382b88705b27e1d30 100644
--- a/net/bridge/br_netlink.c
+++ b/net/bridge/br_netlink.c
@@ -210,6 +210,7 @@ static struct rtnl_link_ops br_link_ops __read_mostly = {
 	.priv_size	= sizeof(struct net_bridge),
 	.setup		= br_dev_setup,
 	.validate	= br_validate,
+	.dellink	= br_dev_delete,
 };
 
 int __init br_netlink_init(void)
diff --git a/net/bridge/br_private.h b/net/bridge/br_private.h
index 78cc364997d9888bc4a1e9869c7c64edb6378ee9..857a021deea9fb6b1d2351fe7a8d3b5d84667947 100644
--- a/net/bridge/br_private.h
+++ b/net/bridge/br_private.h
@@ -294,6 +294,7 @@ static inline int br_is_root_bridge(const struct net_bridge *br)
 
 /* br_device.c */
 extern void br_dev_setup(struct net_device *dev);
+extern void br_dev_delete(struct net_device *dev, struct list_head *list);
 extern netdev_tx_t br_dev_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb,
 			       struct net_device *dev);
 #ifdef CONFIG_NET_POLL_CONTROLLER