diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index 446424027d24..09c66a449da6 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -5066,13 +5066,14 @@ static struct pernet_operations __net_initdata netdev_net_ops = {
 
 static void __net_exit default_device_exit(struct net *net)
 {
-	struct net_device *dev, *next;
+	struct net_device *dev;
 	/*
 	 * Push all migratable of the network devices back to the
 	 * initial network namespace
 	 */
 	rtnl_lock();
-	for_each_netdev_safe(net, dev, next) {
+restart:
+	for_each_netdev(net, dev) {
 		int err;
 		char fb_name[IFNAMSIZ];
 
@@ -5083,7 +5084,7 @@ static void __net_exit default_device_exit(struct net *net)
 		/* Delete virtual devices */
 		if (dev->rtnl_link_ops && dev->rtnl_link_ops->dellink) {
 			dev->rtnl_link_ops->dellink(dev);
-			continue;
+			goto restart;
 		}
 
 		/* Push remaing network devices to init_net */
@@ -5094,6 +5095,7 @@ static void __net_exit default_device_exit(struct net *net)
 				__func__, dev->name, err);
 			BUG();
 		}
+		goto restart;
 	}
 	rtnl_unlock();
 }