diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 52e7b368ebe2..56d8a7ab10b7 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: ccc7911fbd1c5af9b60453d3a8cca0a36402fee5
+refs/heads/master: 7ce1b0edcb11f90f6fc5e0ceecff467f329889a0
diff --git a/trunk/net/core/dev.c b/trunk/net/core/dev.c
index 8c9518e946fa..7bfea5e9030e 100644
--- a/trunk/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/trunk/net/core/dev.c
@@ -3337,7 +3337,7 @@ int register_netdevice(struct net_device *dev)
 
 	if (!dev_valid_name(dev->name)) {
 		ret = -EINVAL;
-		goto out;
+		goto err_uninit;
 	}
 
 	dev->ifindex = dev_new_index();
@@ -3351,7 +3351,7 @@ int register_netdevice(struct net_device *dev)
 			= hlist_entry(p, struct net_device, name_hlist);
 		if (!strncmp(d->name, dev->name, IFNAMSIZ)) {
 			ret = -EEXIST;
-			goto out;
+			goto err_uninit;
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -3411,7 +3411,7 @@ int register_netdevice(struct net_device *dev)
 
 	ret = netdev_register_sysfs(dev);
 	if (ret)
-		goto out;
+		goto err_uninit;
 	dev->reg_state = NETREG_REGISTERED;
 
 	/*
@@ -3436,6 +3436,11 @@ int register_netdevice(struct net_device *dev)
 
 out:
 	return ret;
+
+err_uninit:
+	if (dev->uninit)
+		dev->uninit(dev);
+	goto out;
 }
 
 /**