diff --git a/net/ipv6/ip6_vti.c b/net/ipv6/ip6_vti.c
index 71b2fccd1484..c31a7c4a9249 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/ip6_vti.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/ip6_vti.c
@@ -1102,7 +1102,8 @@ static void __net_exit vti6_destroy_tunnels(struct vti6_net *ip6n,
 	}
 
 	t = rtnl_dereference(ip6n->tnls_wc[0]);
-	unregister_netdevice_queue(t->dev, list);
+	if (t)
+		unregister_netdevice_queue(t->dev, list);
 }
 
 static int __net_init vti6_init_net(struct net *net)