diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index 19e268568282..fafd2f4b5d5d 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -11920,11 +11920,9 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(unregister_netdevice_many);
  */
 void unregister_netdev(struct net_device *dev)
 {
-	struct net *net = dev_net(dev);
-
-	rtnl_net_lock(net);
+	rtnl_net_dev_lock(dev);
 	unregister_netdevice(dev);
-	rtnl_net_unlock(net);
+	rtnl_net_dev_unlock(dev);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(unregister_netdev);