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-rw-r--r--net/ieee802154/6lowpan.c4
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/net/ieee802154/6lowpan.c b/net/ieee802154/6lowpan.c
index 9497c6f3276b..426b5df1c98f 100644
--- a/net/ieee802154/6lowpan.c
+++ b/net/ieee802154/6lowpan.c
@@ -1358,8 +1358,10 @@ static int lowpan_newlink(struct net *src_net, struct net_device *dev,
real_dev = dev_get_by_index(src_net, nla_get_u32(tb[IFLA_LINK]));
if (!real_dev)
return -ENODEV;
- if (real_dev->type != ARPHRD_IEEE802154)
+ if (real_dev->type != ARPHRD_IEEE802154) {
+ dev_put(real_dev);
return -EINVAL;
+ }
lowpan_dev_info(dev)->real_dev = real_dev;
lowpan_dev_info(dev)->fragment_tag = 0;