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-rw-r--r--drivers/net/loopback.c6
1 files changed, 0 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/loopback.c b/drivers/net/loopback.c
index 24487ec17f8b..a1c77cc00416 100644
--- a/drivers/net/loopback.c
+++ b/drivers/net/loopback.c
@@ -219,12 +219,6 @@ static __net_init int loopback_net_init(struct net *net)
BUG_ON(dev->ifindex != LOOPBACK_IFINDEX);
net->loopback_dev = dev;
-
- /* bring loopback device UP */
- rtnl_lock();
- dev_open(dev, NULL);
- rtnl_unlock();
-
return 0;
out_free_netdev: