diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 20fe21defa5e..630ba2b692a4 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 990c3d6f9c4115347659fc2b163907c8c832ae44
+refs/heads/master: 3b410a310b48a8e7de3438957635093596ad5ca5
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/net/netconsole.c b/trunk/drivers/net/netconsole.c
index ca142c47b2e4..94255f09093d 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/net/netconsole.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/net/netconsole.c
@@ -678,7 +678,14 @@ static int netconsole_netdev_event(struct notifier_block *this,
 				strlcpy(nt->np.dev_name, dev->name, IFNAMSIZ);
 				break;
 			case NETDEV_UNREGISTER:
-				netpoll_cleanup(&nt->np);
+				/*
+				 * rtnl_lock already held
+				 */
+				if (nt->np.dev) {
+					__netpoll_cleanup(&nt->np);
+					dev_put(nt->np.dev);
+					nt->np.dev = NULL;
+				}
 				/* Fall through */
 			case NETDEV_GOING_DOWN:
 			case NETDEV_BONDING_DESLAVE: