diff --git a/net/ipv6/sit.c b/net/ipv6/sit.c
index cc24cefdb85c0..61b2b71fa8bed 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/sit.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/sit.c
@@ -1875,22 +1875,19 @@ static int __net_init sit_init_net(struct net *net)
 	return err;
 }
 
-static void __net_exit sit_exit_batch_net(struct list_head *net_list)
+static void __net_exit sit_exit_batch_rtnl(struct list_head *net_list,
+					   struct list_head *dev_to_kill)
 {
-	LIST_HEAD(list);
 	struct net *net;
 
-	rtnl_lock();
+	ASSERT_RTNL();
 	list_for_each_entry(net, net_list, exit_list)
-		sit_destroy_tunnels(net, &list);
-
-	unregister_netdevice_many(&list);
-	rtnl_unlock();
+		sit_destroy_tunnels(net, dev_to_kill);
 }
 
 static struct pernet_operations sit_net_ops = {
 	.init = sit_init_net,
-	.exit_batch = sit_exit_batch_net,
+	.exit_batch_rtnl = sit_exit_batch_rtnl,
 	.id   = &sit_net_id,
 	.size = sizeof(struct sit_net),
 };