diff --git a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c b/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
index 4a96ebbf8eda5f59a6ff88e836d666a404d2bf0d..8a1c846d3df949a4638589f187120db22a3525ba 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
@@ -3335,6 +3335,7 @@ static void addrconf_permanent_addr(struct net_device *dev)
 		if ((ifp->flags & IFA_F_PERMANENT) &&
 		    fixup_permanent_addr(idev, ifp) < 0) {
 			write_unlock_bh(&idev->lock);
+			in6_ifa_hold(ifp);
 			ipv6_del_addr(ifp);
 			write_lock_bh(&idev->lock);