diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index 1b252e9459fd..70c01bd1799e 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -2141,21 +2141,15 @@ int register_netdevice_notifier_dev_net(struct net_device *dev,
 					struct notifier_block *nb,
 					struct netdev_net_notifier *nn)
 {
-	struct net *net = dev_net(dev);
 	int err;
 
-	/* rtnl_net_lock() assumes dev is not yet published by
-	 * register_netdevice().
-	 */
-	DEBUG_NET_WARN_ON_ONCE(!list_empty(&dev->dev_list));
-
-	rtnl_net_lock(net);
-	err = __register_netdevice_notifier_net(net, nb, false);
+	rtnl_net_dev_lock(dev);
+	err = __register_netdevice_notifier_net(dev_net(dev), nb, false);
 	if (!err) {
 		nn->nb = nb;
 		list_add(&nn->list, &dev->net_notifier_list);
 	}
-	rtnl_net_unlock(net);
+	rtnl_net_dev_unlock(dev);
 
 	return err;
 }