static int sit_net_id;
 struct sit_net {
+       struct net_device *fb_tunnel_dev;
 };
 
-static struct net_device *ipip6_fb_tunnel_dev;
-
 static struct ip_tunnel *tunnels_r_l[HASH_SIZE];
 static struct ip_tunnel *tunnels_r[HASH_SIZE];
 static struct ip_tunnel *tunnels_l[HASH_SIZE];
        struct net *net = dev_net(dev);
        struct sit_net *sitn = net_generic(net, sit_net_id);
 
-       if (dev == ipip6_fb_tunnel_dev) {
+       if (dev == sitn->fb_tunnel_dev) {
                write_lock_bh(&ipip6_lock);
                tunnels_wc[0] = NULL;
                write_unlock_bh(&ipip6_lock);
        switch (cmd) {
        case SIOCGETTUNNEL:
                t = NULL;
-               if (dev == ipip6_fb_tunnel_dev) {
+               if (dev == sitn->fb_tunnel_dev) {
                        if (copy_from_user(&p, ifr->ifr_ifru.ifru_data, sizeof(p))) {
                                err = -EFAULT;
                                break;
 
                t = ipip6_tunnel_locate(net, &p, cmd == SIOCADDTUNNEL);
 
-               if (dev != ipip6_fb_tunnel_dev && cmd == SIOCCHGTUNNEL) {
+               if (dev != sitn->fb_tunnel_dev && cmd == SIOCCHGTUNNEL) {
                        if (t != NULL) {
                                if (t->dev != dev) {
                                        err = -EEXIST;
                if (!capable(CAP_NET_ADMIN))
                        goto done;
 
-               if (dev == ipip6_fb_tunnel_dev) {
+               if (dev == sitn->fb_tunnel_dev) {
                        err = -EFAULT;
                        if (copy_from_user(&p, ifr->ifr_ifru.ifru_data, sizeof(p)))
                                goto done;
                        if ((t = ipip6_tunnel_locate(net, &p, 0)) == NULL)
                                goto done;
                        err = -EPERM;
-                       if (t == netdev_priv(ipip6_fb_tunnel_dev))
+                       if (t == netdev_priv(sitn->fb_tunnel_dev))
                                goto done;
                        dev = t->dev;
                }
                if (cmd != SIOCGETPRL && !capable(CAP_NET_ADMIN))
                        goto done;
                err = -EINVAL;
-               if (dev == ipip6_fb_tunnel_dev)
+               if (dev == sitn->fb_tunnel_dev)
                        goto done;
                err = -EFAULT;
                if (copy_from_user(&prl, ifr->ifr_ifru.ifru_data, sizeof(prl)))
        return 0;
 }
 
-static int __init ipip6_fb_tunnel_init(struct net_device *dev)
+static int ipip6_fb_tunnel_init(struct net_device *dev)
 {
        struct ip_tunnel *tunnel = netdev_priv(dev);
        struct iphdr *iph = &tunnel->parms.iph;
        if (err < 0)
                goto err_assign;
 
+       sitn->fb_tunnel_dev = alloc_netdev(sizeof(struct ip_tunnel), "sit0",
+                                          ipip6_tunnel_setup);
+       if (!sitn->fb_tunnel_dev) {
+               err = -ENOMEM;
+               goto err_alloc_dev;
+       }
+
+       sitn->fb_tunnel_dev->init = ipip6_fb_tunnel_init;
+       dev_net_set(sitn->fb_tunnel_dev, net);
+
+       if ((err = register_netdev(sitn->fb_tunnel_dev)))
+               goto err_reg_dev;
+
        return 0;
 
+err_reg_dev:
+       free_netdev(sitn->fb_tunnel_dev);
+err_alloc_dev:
+       /* nothing */
 err_assign:
        kfree(sitn);
 err_alloc:
        struct sit_net *sitn;
 
        sitn = net_generic(net, sit_net_id);
+       rtnl_lock();
+       unregister_netdevice(sitn->fb_tunnel_dev);
+       rtnl_unlock();
        kfree(sitn);
 }
 
 
        rtnl_lock();
        sit_destroy_tunnels();
-       unregister_netdevice(ipip6_fb_tunnel_dev);
        rtnl_unlock();
 
        unregister_pernet_gen_device(sit_net_id, &sit_net_ops);
                return -EAGAIN;
        }
 
-       ipip6_fb_tunnel_dev = alloc_netdev(sizeof(struct ip_tunnel), "sit0",
-                                          ipip6_tunnel_setup);
-       if (!ipip6_fb_tunnel_dev) {
-               err = -ENOMEM;
-               goto err1;
-       }
-
-       ipip6_fb_tunnel_dev->init = ipip6_fb_tunnel_init;
-
-       if ((err =  register_netdev(ipip6_fb_tunnel_dev)))
-               goto err2;
-
        err = register_pernet_gen_device(&sit_net_id, &sit_net_ops);
        if (err < 0)
-               goto err3;
+               xfrm4_tunnel_deregister(&sit_handler, AF_INET6);
 
- out:
        return err;
- err2:
-       free_netdev(ipip6_fb_tunnel_dev);
- err1:
-       xfrm4_tunnel_deregister(&sit_handler, AF_INET6);
-       goto out;
-err3:
-       unregister_netdevice(ipip6_fb_tunnel_dev);
-       goto err1;
 }
 
 module_init(sit_init);