diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index 6392ea0a5910..30c71f9b0419 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -1648,7 +1648,8 @@ int netif_set_real_num_tx_queues(struct net_device *dev, unsigned int txq)
 	if (txq < 1 || txq > dev->num_tx_queues)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	if (dev->reg_state == NETREG_REGISTERED) {
+	if (dev->reg_state == NETREG_REGISTERED ||
+	    dev->reg_state == NETREG_UNREGISTERING) {
 		ASSERT_RTNL();
 
 		rc = netdev_queue_update_kobjects(dev, dev->real_num_tx_queues,