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-rw-r--r--drivers/net/macvlan.c8
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/macvlan.c b/drivers/net/macvlan.c
index acf93798dc67..cfb91570cddd 100644
--- a/drivers/net/macvlan.c
+++ b/drivers/net/macvlan.c
@@ -820,13 +820,11 @@ int macvlan_common_newlink(struct net *src_net, struct net_device *dev,
if (lowerdev == NULL)
return -ENODEV;
- /* When creating macvlans on top of other macvlans - use
+ /* When creating macvlans or macvtaps on top of other macvlans - use
* the real device as the lowerdev.
*/
- if (lowerdev->rtnl_link_ops == dev->rtnl_link_ops) {
- struct macvlan_dev *lowervlan = netdev_priv(lowerdev);
- lowerdev = lowervlan->lowerdev;
- }
+ if (netif_is_macvlan(lowerdev))
+ lowerdev = macvlan_dev_real_dev(lowerdev);
if (!tb[IFLA_MTU])
dev->mtu = lowerdev->mtu;