diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index f79b513e80dc..9d6beb9de924 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -7698,6 +7698,8 @@ int register_netdevice(struct net_device *dev)
 	ret = notifier_to_errno(ret);
 	if (ret) {
 		rollback_registered(dev);
+		rcu_barrier();
+
 		dev->reg_state = NETREG_UNREGISTERED;
 	}
 	/*