diff --git a/drivers/net/tun.c b/drivers/net/tun.c
index 5eadb7a1ad7b..9c8b5bc2b9d8 100644
--- a/drivers/net/tun.c
+++ b/drivers/net/tun.c
@@ -2503,6 +2503,9 @@ static int tun_device_event(struct notifier_block *unused,
 	struct net_device *dev = netdev_notifier_info_to_dev(ptr);
 	struct tun_struct *tun = netdev_priv(dev);
 
+	if (dev->rtnl_link_ops != &tun_link_ops)
+		return NOTIFY_DONE;
+
 	switch (event) {
 	case NETDEV_CHANGE_TX_QUEUE_LEN:
 		if (tun_queue_resize(tun))