diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index b9b22a3..660dd41 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -4845,7 +4845,7 @@
 	dev = list_first_entry(head, struct net_device, unreg_list);
 	call_netdevice_notifiers(NETDEV_UNREGISTER_BATCH, dev);
 
-	synchronize_net();
+	rcu_barrier();
 
 	list_for_each_entry(dev, head, unreg_list)
 		dev_put(dev);