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| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/net/macsec.c | 4 |
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/macsec.c b/drivers/net/macsec.c index 7f5c5e0f9cf9..d13e6e15d7b5 100644 --- a/drivers/net/macsec.c +++ b/drivers/net/macsec.c @@ -3179,6 +3179,8 @@ static int macsec_newlink(struct net *net, struct net_device *dev, if (err < 0) return err; + dev_hold(real_dev); + /* need to be already registered so that ->init has run and * the MAC addr is set */ @@ -3207,8 +3209,6 @@ static int macsec_newlink(struct net *net, struct net_device *dev, macsec_generation++; - dev_hold(real_dev); - return 0; del_dev: |