diff --git a/net/core/netpoll.c b/net/core/netpoll.c
index e33937fb32a0..907fb5e36c02 100644
--- a/net/core/netpoll.c
+++ b/net/core/netpoll.c
@@ -822,7 +822,8 @@ void __netpoll_cleanup(struct netpoll *np)
 
 		RCU_INIT_POINTER(np->dev->npinfo, NULL);
 		call_rcu_bh(&npinfo->rcu, rcu_cleanup_netpoll_info);
-	}
+	} else
+		RCU_INIT_POINTER(np->dev->npinfo, NULL);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__netpoll_cleanup);