diff --git a/include/net/net_namespace.h b/include/net/net_namespace.h
index 7ca4b7af57ca6ea94bde734073d606f1129693cc..17c7a884183452faa171e61e18ed90829a1abba9 100644
--- a/include/net/net_namespace.h
+++ b/include/net/net_namespace.h
@@ -426,6 +426,9 @@ struct pernet_operations {
 	void (*pre_exit)(struct net *net);
 	void (*exit)(struct net *net);
 	void (*exit_batch)(struct list_head *net_exit_list);
+	/* Following method is called with RTNL held. */
+	void (*exit_batch_rtnl)(struct list_head *net_exit_list,
+				struct list_head *dev_kill_list);
 	unsigned int *id;
 	size_t size;
 };
diff --git a/net/core/net_namespace.c b/net/core/net_namespace.c
index 6c6d2a785c00495211232eea1ac482ffae307288..abf1e1751d6c818d1b2daa79d657fd7806b1c061 100644
--- a/net/core/net_namespace.c
+++ b/net/core/net_namespace.c
@@ -314,8 +314,9 @@ static __net_init int setup_net(struct net *net, struct user_namespace *user_ns)
 {
 	/* Must be called with pernet_ops_rwsem held */
 	const struct pernet_operations *ops, *saved_ops;
-	int error = 0;
 	LIST_HEAD(net_exit_list);
+	LIST_HEAD(dev_kill_list);
+	int error = 0;
 
 	refcount_set(&net->ns.count, 1);
 	ref_tracker_dir_init(&net->refcnt_tracker, 128);
@@ -353,6 +354,15 @@ static __net_init int setup_net(struct net *net, struct user_namespace *user_ns)
 
 	synchronize_rcu();
 
+	ops = saved_ops;
+	rtnl_lock();
+	list_for_each_entry_continue_reverse(ops, &pernet_list, list) {
+		if (ops->exit_batch_rtnl)
+			ops->exit_batch_rtnl(&net_exit_list, &dev_kill_list);
+	}
+	unregister_netdevice_many(&dev_kill_list);
+	rtnl_unlock();
+
 	ops = saved_ops;
 	list_for_each_entry_continue_reverse(ops, &pernet_list, list)
 		ops_exit_list(ops, &net_exit_list);
@@ -576,6 +586,7 @@ static void cleanup_net(struct work_struct *work)
 	struct net *net, *tmp, *last;
 	struct llist_node *net_kill_list;
 	LIST_HEAD(net_exit_list);
+	LIST_HEAD(dev_kill_list);
 
 	/* Atomically snapshot the list of namespaces to cleanup */
 	net_kill_list = llist_del_all(&cleanup_list);
@@ -616,6 +627,14 @@ static void cleanup_net(struct work_struct *work)
 	 */
 	synchronize_rcu();
 
+	rtnl_lock();
+	list_for_each_entry_reverse(ops, &pernet_list, list) {
+		if (ops->exit_batch_rtnl)
+			ops->exit_batch_rtnl(&net_exit_list, &dev_kill_list);
+	}
+	unregister_netdevice_many(&dev_kill_list);
+	rtnl_unlock();
+
 	/* Run all of the network namespace exit methods */
 	list_for_each_entry_reverse(ops, &pernet_list, list)
 		ops_exit_list(ops, &net_exit_list);
@@ -1159,7 +1178,17 @@ static void free_exit_list(struct pernet_operations *ops, struct list_head *net_
 {
 	ops_pre_exit_list(ops, net_exit_list);
 	synchronize_rcu();
+
+	if (ops->exit_batch_rtnl) {
+		LIST_HEAD(dev_kill_list);
+
+		rtnl_lock();
+		ops->exit_batch_rtnl(net_exit_list, &dev_kill_list);
+		unregister_netdevice_many(&dev_kill_list);
+		rtnl_unlock();
+	}
 	ops_exit_list(ops, net_exit_list);
+
 	ops_free_list(ops, net_exit_list);
 }