diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index 8f9d3b38a44b..9475f3e624a8 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -4852,6 +4852,12 @@ static void __net_exit default_device_exit(struct net *net)
 		if (dev->features & NETIF_F_NETNS_LOCAL)
 			continue;
 
+		/* Delete virtual devices */
+		if (dev->rtnl_link_ops && dev->rtnl_link_ops->dellink) {
+			dev->rtnl_link_ops->dellink(dev);
+			continue;
+		}
+
 		/* Push remaing network devices to init_net */
 		snprintf(fb_name, IFNAMSIZ, "dev%d", dev->ifindex);
 		err = dev_change_net_namespace(dev, &init_net, fb_name);