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-rw-r--r--drivers/net/tun.c6
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/tun.c b/drivers/net/tun.c
index 038c1ef94d2e..7b816a032957 100644
--- a/drivers/net/tun.c
+++ b/drivers/net/tun.c
@@ -663,7 +663,11 @@ static int tun_chr_ioctl(struct inode *inode, struct file *file,
case SIOCSIFHWADDR:
{
/* try to set the actual net device's hw address */
- int ret = dev_set_mac_address(tun->dev, &ifr.ifr_hwaddr);
+ int ret;
+
+ rtnl_lock();
+ ret = dev_set_mac_address(tun->dev, &ifr.ifr_hwaddr);
+ rtnl_unlock();
if (ret == 0) {
/** Set the character device's hardware address. This is used when