diff --git a/drivers/net/ipvlan/ipvlan_main.c b/drivers/net/ipvlan/ipvlan_main.c
index e995bc501ee6..20b58bdecf75 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ipvlan/ipvlan_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ipvlan/ipvlan_main.c
@@ -655,6 +655,10 @@ static int ipvlan_addr6_event(struct notifier_block *unused,
 	struct net_device *dev = (struct net_device *)if6->idev->dev;
 	struct ipvl_dev *ipvlan = netdev_priv(dev);
 
+	/* FIXME IPv6 autoconf calls us from bh without RTNL */
+	if (in_softirq())
+		return NOTIFY_DONE;
+
 	if (!netif_is_ipvlan(dev))
 		return NOTIFY_DONE;