diff --git a/drivers/net/tun.c b/drivers/net/tun.c
index 7fd0288c3789..e2eb35887394 100644
--- a/drivers/net/tun.c
+++ b/drivers/net/tun.c
@@ -273,6 +273,12 @@ static void tun_napi_init(struct tun_struct *tun, struct tun_file *tfile,
 	}
 }
 
+static void tun_napi_enable(struct tun_file *tfile)
+{
+	if (tfile->napi_enabled)
+		napi_enable(&tfile->napi);
+}
+
 static void tun_napi_disable(struct tun_file *tfile)
 {
 	if (tfile->napi_enabled)
@@ -653,8 +659,10 @@ static void __tun_detach(struct tun_file *tfile, bool clean)
 		if (clean) {
 			RCU_INIT_POINTER(tfile->tun, NULL);
 			sock_put(&tfile->sk);
-		} else
+		} else {
 			tun_disable_queue(tun, tfile);
+			tun_napi_disable(tfile);
+		}
 
 		synchronize_net();
 		tun_flow_delete_by_queue(tun, tun->numqueues + 1);
@@ -808,6 +816,7 @@ static int tun_attach(struct tun_struct *tun, struct file *file,
 
 	if (tfile->detached) {
 		tun_enable_queue(tfile);
+		tun_napi_enable(tfile);
 	} else {
 		sock_hold(&tfile->sk);
 		tun_napi_init(tun, tfile, napi, napi_frags);