diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index 152e1e6316e6..18a5154e2f25 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -6837,6 +6837,8 @@ int register_netdevice(struct net_device *dev)
 	ret = notifier_to_errno(ret);
 	if (ret) {
 		rollback_registered(dev);
+		rcu_barrier();
+
 		dev->reg_state = NETREG_UNREGISTERED;
 	}
 	/*