diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 66eeadec48c8..d081c5f30ebe 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 3661a910836a509be65afc3c1e512d900e1280f9
+refs/heads/master: f3005d7f4abe03ad41af33b1548602cd086d86a2
diff --git a/trunk/include/linux/netdevice.h b/trunk/include/linux/netdevice.h
index 8b17ed40dea2..7c1d4466583b 100644
--- a/trunk/include/linux/netdevice.h
+++ b/trunk/include/linux/netdevice.h
@@ -758,7 +758,8 @@ static inline
 void dev_net_set(struct net_device *dev, struct net *net)
 {
 #ifdef CONFIG_NET_NS
-	dev->nd_net = net;
+	release_net(dev->nd_net);
+	dev->nd_net = hold_net(net);
 #endif
 }
 
diff --git a/trunk/net/core/dev.c b/trunk/net/core/dev.c
index 7aa01125287e..77530e9a34fc 100644
--- a/trunk/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/trunk/net/core/dev.c
@@ -4042,6 +4042,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(alloc_netdev_mq);
  */
 void free_netdev(struct net_device *dev)
 {
+	release_net(dev_net(dev));
+
 	/*  Compatibility with error handling in drivers */
 	if (dev->reg_state == NETREG_UNINITIALIZED) {
 		kfree((char *)dev - dev->padded);