diff --git a/net/hsr/hsr_device.c b/net/hsr/hsr_device.c
index cd99f548e4400f..478852ef98efb8 100644
--- a/net/hsr/hsr_device.c
+++ b/net/hsr/hsr_device.c
@@ -339,7 +339,7 @@ static void hsr_announce(struct timer_list *t)
 	rcu_read_unlock();
 }
 
-static void hsr_del_ports(struct hsr_priv *hsr)
+void hsr_del_ports(struct hsr_priv *hsr)
 {
 	struct hsr_port *port;
 
@@ -356,31 +356,12 @@ static void hsr_del_ports(struct hsr_priv *hsr)
 		hsr_del_port(port);
 }
 
-/* This has to be called after all the readers are gone.
- * Otherwise we would have to check the return value of
- * hsr_port_get_hsr().
- */
-static void hsr_dev_destroy(struct net_device *hsr_dev)
-{
-	struct hsr_priv *hsr = netdev_priv(hsr_dev);
-
-	hsr_debugfs_term(hsr);
-	hsr_del_ports(hsr);
-
-	del_timer_sync(&hsr->prune_timer);
-	del_timer_sync(&hsr->announce_timer);
-
-	hsr_del_self_node(hsr);
-	hsr_del_nodes(&hsr->node_db);
-}
-
 static const struct net_device_ops hsr_device_ops = {
 	.ndo_change_mtu = hsr_dev_change_mtu,
 	.ndo_open = hsr_dev_open,
 	.ndo_stop = hsr_dev_close,
 	.ndo_start_xmit = hsr_dev_xmit,
 	.ndo_fix_features = hsr_fix_features,
-	.ndo_uninit = hsr_dev_destroy,
 };
 
 static struct device_type hsr_type = {
diff --git a/net/hsr/hsr_device.h b/net/hsr/hsr_device.h
index a099d7de7e790a..b8f9262ed101ac 100644
--- a/net/hsr/hsr_device.h
+++ b/net/hsr/hsr_device.h
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 #include <linux/netdevice.h>
 #include "hsr_main.h"
 
+void hsr_del_ports(struct hsr_priv *hsr);
 void hsr_dev_setup(struct net_device *dev);
 int hsr_dev_finalize(struct net_device *hsr_dev, struct net_device *slave[2],
 		     unsigned char multicast_spec, u8 protocol_version,
@@ -18,5 +19,4 @@ int hsr_dev_finalize(struct net_device *hsr_dev, struct net_device *slave[2],
 void hsr_check_carrier_and_operstate(struct hsr_priv *hsr);
 bool is_hsr_master(struct net_device *dev);
 int hsr_get_max_mtu(struct hsr_priv *hsr);
-
 #endif /* __HSR_DEVICE_H */
diff --git a/net/hsr/hsr_main.c b/net/hsr/hsr_main.c
index e2564de6760387..144da15f0a8170 100644
--- a/net/hsr/hsr_main.c
+++ b/net/hsr/hsr_main.c
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
  */
 
 #include <linux/netdevice.h>
+#include <net/rtnetlink.h>
 #include <linux/rculist.h>
 #include <linux/timer.h>
 #include <linux/etherdevice.h>
@@ -100,8 +101,10 @@ static int hsr_netdev_notify(struct notifier_block *nb, unsigned long event,
 			master = hsr_port_get_hsr(port->hsr, HSR_PT_MASTER);
 			hsr_del_port(port);
 			if (hsr_slave_empty(master->hsr)) {
-				unregister_netdevice_queue(master->dev,
-							   &list_kill);
+				const struct rtnl_link_ops *ops;
+
+				ops = master->dev->rtnl_link_ops;
+				ops->dellink(master->dev, &list_kill);
 				unregister_netdevice_many(&list_kill);
 			}
 		}
@@ -144,9 +147,9 @@ static int __init hsr_init(void)
 
 static void __exit hsr_exit(void)
 {
-	unregister_netdevice_notifier(&hsr_nb);
 	hsr_netlink_exit();
 	hsr_debugfs_remove_root();
+	unregister_netdevice_notifier(&hsr_nb);
 }
 
 module_init(hsr_init);
diff --git a/net/hsr/hsr_netlink.c b/net/hsr/hsr_netlink.c
index 1decb25f6764a6..6e14b7d2263992 100644
--- a/net/hsr/hsr_netlink.c
+++ b/net/hsr/hsr_netlink.c
@@ -83,6 +83,22 @@ static int hsr_newlink(struct net *src_net, struct net_device *dev,
 	return hsr_dev_finalize(dev, link, multicast_spec, hsr_version, extack);
 }
 
+static void hsr_dellink(struct net_device *dev, struct list_head *head)
+{
+	struct hsr_priv *hsr = netdev_priv(dev);
+
+	del_timer_sync(&hsr->prune_timer);
+	del_timer_sync(&hsr->announce_timer);
+
+	hsr_debugfs_term(hsr);
+	hsr_del_ports(hsr);
+
+	hsr_del_self_node(hsr);
+	hsr_del_nodes(&hsr->node_db);
+
+	unregister_netdevice_queue(dev, head);
+}
+
 static int hsr_fill_info(struct sk_buff *skb, const struct net_device *dev)
 {
 	struct hsr_priv *hsr = netdev_priv(dev);
@@ -118,6 +134,7 @@ static struct rtnl_link_ops hsr_link_ops __read_mostly = {
 	.priv_size	= sizeof(struct hsr_priv),
 	.setup		= hsr_dev_setup,
 	.newlink	= hsr_newlink,
+	.dellink	= hsr_dellink,
 	.fill_info	= hsr_fill_info,
 };