diff --git a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c b/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
index a0175edb6589..7cba8845242f 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
@@ -2715,7 +2715,9 @@ static int addrconf_ifdown(struct net_device *dev, int how)
 		}
 
 		__ipv6_ifa_notify(RTM_DELADDR, ifa);
-		atomic_notifier_call_chain(&inet6addr_chain, NETDEV_DOWN, ifa);
+		if (ifa->dead)
+			atomic_notifier_call_chain(&inet6addr_chain,
+						   NETDEV_DOWN, ifa);
 		in6_ifa_put(ifa);
 
 		write_lock_bh(&idev->lock);