diff --git a/drivers/net/vxlan.c b/drivers/net/vxlan.c
index a5ba8dd7e6be..f101034a297a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/vxlan.c
+++ b/drivers/net/vxlan.c
@@ -1878,10 +1878,12 @@ static __net_exit void vxlan_exit_net(struct net *net)
 {
 	struct vxlan_net *vn = net_generic(net, vxlan_net_id);
 	struct vxlan_dev *vxlan;
+	LIST_HEAD(list);
 
 	rtnl_lock();
 	list_for_each_entry(vxlan, &vn->vxlan_list, next)
-		dev_close(vxlan->dev);
+		unregister_netdevice_queue(vxlan->dev, &list);
+	unregister_netdevice_many(&list);
 	rtnl_unlock();
 }