diff --git a/net/openvswitch/dp_notify.c b/net/openvswitch/dp_notify.c
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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2007-2011 Nicira Networks.
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of version 2 of the GNU General Public
+ * License as published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+ * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
+ * General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA
+ * 02110-1301, USA
+ */
+
+#include <linux/netdevice.h>
+#include <net/genetlink.h>
+
+#include "datapath.h"
+#include "vport-internal_dev.h"
+#include "vport-netdev.h"
+
+static int dp_device_event(struct notifier_block *unused, unsigned long event,
+			   void *ptr)
+{
+	struct net_device *dev = ptr;
+	struct vport *vport;
+
+	if (ovs_is_internal_dev(dev))
+		vport = ovs_internal_dev_get_vport(dev);
+	else
+		vport = ovs_netdev_get_vport(dev);
+
+	if (!vport)
+		return NOTIFY_DONE;
+
+	switch (event) {
+	case NETDEV_UNREGISTER:
+		if (!ovs_is_internal_dev(dev)) {
+			struct sk_buff *notify;
+
+			notify = ovs_vport_cmd_build_info(vport, 0, 0,
+							  OVS_VPORT_CMD_DEL);
+			ovs_dp_detach_port(vport);
+			if (IS_ERR(notify)) {
+				netlink_set_err(init_net.genl_sock, 0,
+						ovs_dp_vport_multicast_group.id,
+						PTR_ERR(notify));
+				break;
+			}
+
+			genlmsg_multicast(notify, 0, ovs_dp_vport_multicast_group.id,
+					  GFP_KERNEL);
+		}
+		break;
+	}
+
+	return NOTIFY_DONE;
+}
+
+struct notifier_block ovs_dp_device_notifier = {
+	.notifier_call = dp_device_event
+};