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-rw-r--r--drivers/net/netdevsim/netdev.c2
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/netdevsim/netdev.c b/drivers/net/netdevsim/netdev.c
index cc4a5b5793fa..0af38bc6d98c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/netdevsim/netdev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/netdevsim/netdev.c
@@ -139,7 +139,6 @@ static void nsim_dev_release(struct device *dev)
struct netdevsim *ns = to_nsim(dev);
nsim_vfs_disable(ns);
- free_netdev(ns->netdev);
}
static struct device_type nsim_dev_type = {
@@ -490,6 +489,7 @@ static void nsim_setup(struct net_device *dev)
eth_hw_addr_random(dev);
dev->netdev_ops = &nsim_netdev_ops;
+ dev->needs_free_netdev = true;
dev->priv_destructor = nsim_free;
dev->tx_queue_len = 0;