diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 89bdfae07e81..a4bced7e19b0 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: fe7d189d4a2ccbb3590b1da97a3f6a83fc2efd80
+refs/heads/master: 8603e33d01cb6bd32de46b2596fe47f0c4df6c12
diff --git a/trunk/net/ipv6/addrconf.c b/trunk/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
index f012ebd87b43..12368c586068 100644
--- a/trunk/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
+++ b/trunk/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
@@ -374,8 +374,8 @@ static struct inet6_dev * ipv6_add_dev(struct net_device *dev)
 			"%s(): cannot allocate memory for statistics; dev=%s.\n",
 			__func__, dev->name));
 		neigh_parms_release(&nd_tbl, ndev->nd_parms);
-		ndev->dead = 1;
-		in6_dev_finish_destroy(ndev);
+		dev_put(dev);
+		kfree(ndev);
 		return NULL;
 	}