diff --git a/net/ipv6/ip6mr.c b/net/ipv6/ip6mr.c
index 8344f686335d..2026c5b4342d 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/ip6mr.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/ip6mr.c
@@ -777,7 +777,8 @@ static struct net_device *ip6mr_reg_vif(struct net *net, struct mr6_table *mrt)
  *	Delete a VIF entry
  */
 
-static int mif6_delete(struct mr6_table *mrt, int vifi, struct list_head *head)
+static int mif6_delete(struct mr6_table *mrt, int vifi, int notify,
+		       struct list_head *head)
 {
 	struct mif_device *v;
 	struct net_device *dev;
@@ -823,7 +824,7 @@ static int mif6_delete(struct mr6_table *mrt, int vifi, struct list_head *head)
 					     dev->ifindex, &in6_dev->cnf);
 	}
 
-	if (v->flags & MIFF_REGISTER)
+	if ((v->flags & MIFF_REGISTER) && !notify)
 		unregister_netdevice_queue(dev, head);
 
 	dev_put(dev);
@@ -1333,7 +1334,6 @@ static int ip6mr_device_event(struct notifier_block *this,
 	struct mr6_table *mrt;
 	struct mif_device *v;
 	int ct;
-	LIST_HEAD(list);
 
 	if (event != NETDEV_UNREGISTER)
 		return NOTIFY_DONE;
@@ -1342,10 +1342,9 @@ static int ip6mr_device_event(struct notifier_block *this,
 		v = &mrt->vif6_table[0];
 		for (ct = 0; ct < mrt->maxvif; ct++, v++) {
 			if (v->dev == dev)
-				mif6_delete(mrt, ct, &list);
+				mif6_delete(mrt, ct, 1, NULL);
 		}
 	}
-	unregister_netdevice_many(&list);
 
 	return NOTIFY_DONE;
 }
@@ -1550,7 +1549,7 @@ static void mroute_clean_tables(struct mr6_table *mrt, bool all)
 	for (i = 0; i < mrt->maxvif; i++) {
 		if (!all && (mrt->vif6_table[i].flags & VIFF_STATIC))
 			continue;
-		mif6_delete(mrt, i, &list);
+		mif6_delete(mrt, i, 0, &list);
 	}
 	unregister_netdevice_many(&list);
 
@@ -1703,7 +1702,7 @@ int ip6_mroute_setsockopt(struct sock *sk, int optname, char __user *optval, uns
 		if (copy_from_user(&mifi, optval, sizeof(mifi_t)))
 			return -EFAULT;
 		rtnl_lock();
-		ret = mif6_delete(mrt, mifi, NULL);
+		ret = mif6_delete(mrt, mifi, 0, NULL);
 		rtnl_unlock();
 		return ret;