diff --git a/net/core/rtnetlink.c b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
index 1163226c025c..be663a7382ce 100644
--- a/net/core/rtnetlink.c
+++ b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
@@ -3178,7 +3178,7 @@ static int rtnl_dellink(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlmsghdr *nlh,
 	if (ifm->ifi_index > 0)
 		dev = __dev_get_by_index(tgt_net, ifm->ifi_index);
 	else if (tb[IFLA_IFNAME] || tb[IFLA_ALT_IFNAME])
-		dev = rtnl_dev_get(net, tb);
+		dev = rtnl_dev_get(tgt_net, tb);
 	else if (tb[IFLA_GROUP])
 		err = rtnl_group_dellink(tgt_net, nla_get_u32(tb[IFLA_GROUP]));
 	else