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-rw-r--r--net/bridge/br_netlink.c11
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/net/bridge/br_netlink.c b/net/bridge/br_netlink.c
index d0ef0a8e8831..015f465c514b 100644
--- a/net/bridge/br_netlink.c
+++ b/net/bridge/br_netlink.c
@@ -1262,19 +1262,20 @@ static int br_dev_newlink(struct net *src_net, struct net_device *dev,
struct net_bridge *br = netdev_priv(dev);
int err;
+ err = register_netdevice(dev);
+ if (err)
+ return err;
+
if (tb[IFLA_ADDRESS]) {
spin_lock_bh(&br->lock);
br_stp_change_bridge_id(br, nla_data(tb[IFLA_ADDRESS]));
spin_unlock_bh(&br->lock);
}
- err = register_netdevice(dev);
- if (err)
- return err;
-
err = br_changelink(dev, tb, data, extack);
if (err)
- unregister_netdevice(dev);
+ br_dev_delete(dev, NULL);
+
return err;
}