diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index 6deba68..f9a2969 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -6685,7 +6685,7 @@ static void net_set_todo(struct net_device *dev)
 	dev_net(dev)->dev_unreg_count++;
 }
 
-static void rollback_registered_many(struct list_head *head)
+static void rollback_registered_many(struct list_head *head, bool send_rtmsg)
 {
 	struct net_device *dev, *tmp;
 	LIST_HEAD(close_head);
@@ -6737,8 +6737,8 @@ 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)
+		if ((!dev->rtnl_link_ops ||
+		    dev->rtnl_link_state == RTNL_LINK_INITIALIZED) && send_rtmsg)
 			skb = rtmsg_ifinfo_build_skb(RTM_DELLINK, dev, ~0U,
 						     GFP_KERNEL);
 
@@ -6777,7 +6777,7 @@ static void rollback_registered(struct net_device *dev)
 	LIST_HEAD(single);
 
 	list_add(&dev->unreg_list, &single);
-	rollback_registered_many(&single);
+	rollback_registered_many(&single, true);
 	list_del(&single);
 }
 
@@ -7769,6 +7769,18 @@ void unregister_netdevice_queue(struct net_device *dev, struct list_head *head)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(unregister_netdevice_queue);
 
+static void __unregister_netdevice_many(struct list_head *head, bool send_rtmsg)
+{
+	struct net_device *dev;
+
+	if (!list_empty(head)) {
+		rollback_registered_many(head, send_rtmsg);
+		list_for_each_entry(dev, head, unreg_list)
+			net_set_todo(dev);
+		list_del(head);
+	}
+}
+
 /**
  *	unregister_netdevice_many - unregister many devices
  *	@head: list of devices
@@ -7778,14 +7790,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(unregister_netdevice_queue);
  */
 void unregister_netdevice_many(struct list_head *head)
 {
-	struct net_device *dev;
-
-	if (!list_empty(head)) {
-		rollback_registered_many(head);
-		list_for_each_entry(dev, head, unreg_list)
-			net_set_todo(dev);
-		list_del(head);
-	}
+	__unregister_netdevice_many(head, true);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(unregister_netdevice_many);
 
@@ -8239,7 +8244,7 @@ static void __net_exit default_device_exit_batch(struct list_head *net_list)
 				unregister_netdevice_queue(dev, &dev_kill_list);
 		}
 	}
-	unregister_netdevice_many(&dev_kill_list);
+	__unregister_netdevice_many(&dev_kill_list, false);
 	rtnl_unlock();
 }