diff --git a/drivers/net/macvlan.c b/drivers/net/macvlan.c
index 743aa91c853c9..f6b7257466bc4 100644
--- a/drivers/net/macvlan.c
+++ b/drivers/net/macvlan.c
@@ -991,7 +991,6 @@ static int macvlan_device_event(struct notifier_block *unused,
 		list_for_each_entry_safe(vlan, next, &port->vlans, list)
 			vlan->dev->rtnl_link_ops->dellink(vlan->dev, &list_kill);
 		unregister_netdevice_many(&list_kill);
-		list_del(&list_kill);
 		break;
 	case NETDEV_PRE_TYPE_CHANGE:
 		/* Forbid underlaying device to change its type. */
diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index 01d53d62a2ec6..58990d60e65be 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -6208,6 +6208,9 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(unregister_netdevice_queue);
 /**
  *	unregister_netdevice_many - unregister many devices
  *	@head: list of devices
+ *
+ *  Note: As most callers use a stack allocated list_head,
+ *  we force a list_del() to make sure stack wont be corrupted later.
  */
 void unregister_netdevice_many(struct list_head *head)
 {
@@ -6217,6 +6220,7 @@ void unregister_netdevice_many(struct list_head *head)
 		rollback_registered_many(head);
 		list_for_each_entry(dev, head, unreg_list)
 			net_set_todo(dev);
+		list_del(head);
 	}
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(unregister_netdevice_many);
@@ -6672,7 +6676,6 @@ static void __net_exit default_device_exit_batch(struct list_head *net_list)
 		}
 	}
 	unregister_netdevice_many(&dev_kill_list);
-	list_del(&dev_kill_list);
 	rtnl_unlock();
 }
 
diff --git a/net/core/rtnetlink.c b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
index e46ced7c9c33b..f3d46dfb69440 100644
--- a/net/core/rtnetlink.c
+++ b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
@@ -1673,7 +1673,6 @@ static int rtnl_dellink(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlmsghdr *nlh)
 
 	ops->dellink(dev, &list_kill);
 	unregister_netdevice_many(&list_kill);
-	list_del(&list_kill);
 	return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/net/mac80211/iface.c b/net/mac80211/iface.c
index fcecd633514e2..d019b42e4a651 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/iface.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/iface.c
@@ -1766,7 +1766,6 @@ void ieee80211_remove_interfaces(struct ieee80211_local *local)
 	}
 	mutex_unlock(&local->iflist_mtx);
 	unregister_netdevice_many(&unreg_list);
-	list_del(&unreg_list);
 
 	list_for_each_entry_safe(sdata, tmp, &wdev_list, list) {
 		list_del(&sdata->list);