diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index 0f28a9e..1cb0d8a 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -6283,7 +6283,8 @@
 /* Initialize per network namespace state */
 static int __net_init netdev_init(struct net *net)
 {
-	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&net->dev_base_head);
+	if (net != &init_net)
+		INIT_LIST_HEAD(&net->dev_base_head);
 
 	net->dev_name_head = netdev_create_hash();
 	if (net->dev_name_head == NULL)