diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index 11d70e3afefa..fe0b9cd69cb6 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -5606,10 +5606,6 @@ static void rollback_registered_many(struct list_head *head)
 		*/
 		call_netdevice_notifiers(NETDEV_UNREGISTER, dev);
 
-		if (!dev->rtnl_link_ops ||
-		    dev->rtnl_link_state == RTNL_LINK_INITIALIZED)
-			rtmsg_ifinfo(RTM_DELLINK, dev, ~0U, GFP_KERNEL);
-
 		/*
 		 *	Flush the unicast and multicast chains
 		 */
@@ -5619,6 +5615,10 @@ static void rollback_registered_many(struct list_head *head)
 		if (dev->netdev_ops->ndo_uninit)
 			dev->netdev_ops->ndo_uninit(dev);
 
+		if (!dev->rtnl_link_ops ||
+		    dev->rtnl_link_state == RTNL_LINK_INITIALIZED)
+			rtmsg_ifinfo(RTM_DELLINK, dev, ~0U, GFP_KERNEL);
+
 		/* Notifier chain MUST detach us all upper devices. */
 		WARN_ON(netdev_has_any_upper_dev(dev));