diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/net.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/net.rst
index 2090bfc69aa50..c941b214e0b7f 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/net.rst
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/net.rst
@@ -320,7 +320,7 @@ waiting for a network device refcount to drop to 0 during device
 unregistration. A lower value may be useful during bisection to detect
 a leaked reference faster. A larger value may be useful to prevent false
 warnings on slow/loaded systems.
-Default value is 10, minimum 0, maximum 3600.
+Default value is 10, minimum 1, maximum 3600.
 
 optmem_max
 ----------
diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index 48b529d591570..b4c67a5be606d 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -10460,7 +10460,7 @@ static void netdev_wait_allrefs(struct net_device *dev)
 
 		refcnt = netdev_refcnt_read(dev);
 
-		if (refcnt &&
+		if (refcnt != 1 &&
 		    time_after(jiffies, warning_time +
 			       netdev_unregister_timeout_secs * HZ)) {
 			pr_emerg("unregister_netdevice: waiting for %s to become free. Usage count = %d\n",
diff --git a/net/core/sysctl_net_core.c b/net/core/sysctl_net_core.c
index d84c8a1b280e2..c8496c1142c9d 100644
--- a/net/core/sysctl_net_core.c
+++ b/net/core/sysctl_net_core.c
@@ -577,7 +577,7 @@ static struct ctl_table net_core_table[] = {
 		.maxlen		= sizeof(unsigned int),
 		.mode		= 0644,
 		.proc_handler	= proc_dointvec_minmax,
-		.extra1		= SYSCTL_ZERO,
+		.extra1		= SYSCTL_ONE,
 		.extra2		= &int_3600,
 	},
 	{ }