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1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/net/ethtool/netlink.c b/net/ethtool/netlink.c
index 38b44c0291b1..96f4180aabd2 100644
--- a/net/ethtool/netlink.c
+++ b/net/ethtool/netlink.c
@@ -40,7 +40,8 @@ int ethnl_ops_begin(struct net_device *dev)
if (dev->dev.parent)
pm_runtime_get_sync(dev->dev.parent);
- if (!netif_device_present(dev)) {
+ if (!netif_device_present(dev) ||
+ dev->reg_state == NETREG_UNREGISTERING) {
ret = -ENODEV;
goto err;
}