diff --git a/net/ipv6/sit.c b/net/ipv6/sit.c
index 3a9038dd818d..5a57f38a50d5 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/sit.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/sit.c
@@ -1604,6 +1604,15 @@ static const struct nla_policy ipip6_policy[IFLA_IPTUN_MAX + 1] = {
 #endif
 };
 
+static void ipip6_dellink(struct net_device *dev, struct list_head *head)
+{
+	struct net *net = dev_net(dev);
+	struct sit_net *sitn = net_generic(net, sit_net_id);
+
+	if (dev != sitn->fb_tunnel_dev)
+		unregister_netdevice_queue(dev, head);
+}
+
 static struct rtnl_link_ops sit_link_ops __read_mostly = {
 	.kind		= "sit",
 	.maxtype	= IFLA_IPTUN_MAX,
@@ -1615,6 +1624,7 @@ static struct rtnl_link_ops sit_link_ops __read_mostly = {
 	.changelink	= ipip6_changelink,
 	.get_size	= ipip6_get_size,
 	.fill_info	= ipip6_fill_info,
+	.dellink	= ipip6_dellink,
 };
 
 static struct xfrm_tunnel sit_handler __read_mostly = {
@@ -1629,9 +1639,10 @@ static struct xfrm_tunnel ipip_handler __read_mostly = {
 	.priority	=	2,
 };
 
-static void __net_exit sit_destroy_tunnels(struct sit_net *sitn, struct list_head *head)
+static void __net_exit sit_destroy_tunnels(struct net *net,
+					   struct list_head *head)
 {
-	struct net *net = dev_net(sitn->fb_tunnel_dev);
+	struct sit_net *sitn = net_generic(net, sit_net_id);
 	struct net_device *dev, *aux;
 	int prio;
 
@@ -1706,11 +1717,10 @@ static int __net_init sit_init_net(struct net *net)
 
 static void __net_exit sit_exit_net(struct net *net)
 {
-	struct sit_net *sitn = net_generic(net, sit_net_id);
 	LIST_HEAD(list);
 
 	rtnl_lock();
-	sit_destroy_tunnels(sitn, &list);
+	sit_destroy_tunnels(net, &list);
 	unregister_netdevice_many(&list);
 	rtnl_unlock();
 }