diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 8630cc36bad5..d04ca4c02036 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: c75d721c761ad0f2d8725c40af9e4f376efefd24
+refs/heads/master: 979ad663125af4be120697263038bb06ddbb83b4
diff --git a/trunk/net/ipv6/addrconf.c b/trunk/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
index 41edc14851e8..2c5f57299d63 100644
--- a/trunk/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
+++ b/trunk/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
@@ -2163,7 +2163,7 @@ static int addrconf_ifdown(struct net_device *dev, int how)
 
 	/* Step 5: netlink notification of this interface */
 	idev->tstamp = jiffies;
-	inet6_ifinfo_notify(RTM_NEWLINK, idev);
+	inet6_ifinfo_notify(RTM_DELLINK, idev);
 	
 	/* Shot the device (if unregistered) */