diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 06ab91511735..703118c99eaa 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 63d804eade298208037045ab6728c933f2b6c27d
+refs/heads/master: 0b69d4bd263c75b3e2ec94f1c72f338b84be817e
diff --git a/trunk/net/ipv6/addrconf.c b/trunk/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
index ee55be975407..a68c626567f2 100644
--- a/trunk/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
+++ b/trunk/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
@@ -2495,9 +2495,7 @@ static int addrconf_ifdown(struct net_device *dev, int how)
 	else
 		ipv6_mc_down(idev);
 
-	/* Step 5: netlink notification of this interface */
 	idev->tstamp = jiffies;
-	inet6_ifinfo_notify(RTM_DELLINK, idev);
 
 	/* Shot the device (if unregistered) */