diff --git a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c b/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
index 24424c3b7dc0..06012920912a 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
@@ -2475,6 +2475,7 @@ static int addrconf_ifdown(struct net_device *dev, int how)
 		write_unlock_bh(&idev->lock);
 
 		__ipv6_ifa_notify(RTM_DELADDR, ifa);
+		atomic_notifier_call_chain(&inet6addr_chain, NETDEV_DOWN, ifa);
 		in6_ifa_put(ifa);
 
 		write_lock_bh(&idev->lock);