diff --git a/net/ipv6/ip6_gre.c b/net/ipv6/ip6_gre.c
index c98338b81d30..9d921462b57f 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/ip6_gre.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/ip6_gre.c
@@ -1559,6 +1559,15 @@ static int ip6gre_changelink(struct net_device *dev, struct nlattr *tb[],
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static void ip6gre_dellink(struct net_device *dev, struct list_head *head)
+{
+	struct net *net = dev_net(dev);
+	struct ip6gre_net *ign = net_generic(net, ip6gre_net_id);
+
+	if (dev != ign->fb_tunnel_dev)
+		unregister_netdevice_queue(dev, head);
+}
+
 static size_t ip6gre_get_size(const struct net_device *dev)
 {
 	return
@@ -1636,6 +1645,7 @@ static struct rtnl_link_ops ip6gre_link_ops __read_mostly = {
 	.validate	= ip6gre_tunnel_validate,
 	.newlink	= ip6gre_newlink,
 	.changelink	= ip6gre_changelink,
+	.dellink	= ip6gre_dellink,
 	.get_size	= ip6gre_get_size,
 	.fill_info	= ip6gre_fill_info,
 };