diff --git a/drivers/net/ovpn/main.c b/drivers/net/ovpn/main.c
index 9993c1dfe471..a881510aaac0 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ovpn/main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ovpn/main.c
@@ -35,25 +35,11 @@ static void ovpn_priv_free(struct net_device *net)
 
 static int ovpn_mp_alloc(struct ovpn_priv *ovpn)
 {
-	struct in_device *dev_v4;
 	int i;
 
 	if (ovpn->mode != OVPN_MODE_MP)
 		return 0;
 
-	dev_v4 = __in_dev_get_rtnl(ovpn->dev);
-	if (dev_v4) {
-		/* disable redirects as Linux gets confused by ovpn
-		 * handling same-LAN routing.
-		 * This happens because a multipeer interface is used as
-		 * relay point between hosts in the same subnet, while
-		 * in a classic LAN this would not be needed because the
-		 * two hosts would be able to talk directly.
-		 */
-		IN_DEV_CONF_SET(dev_v4, SEND_REDIRECTS, false);
-		IPV4_DEVCONF_ALL(dev_net(ovpn->dev), SEND_REDIRECTS) = false;
-	}
-
 	/* the peer container is fairly large, therefore we allocate it only in
 	 * MP mode
 	 */
@@ -183,6 +169,8 @@ static int ovpn_newlink(struct net_device *dev,
 	struct ovpn_priv *ovpn = netdev_priv(dev);
 	struct nlattr **data = params->data;
 	enum ovpn_mode mode = OVPN_MODE_P2P;
+	struct in_device *dev_v4;
+	int ret;
 
 	if (data && data[IFLA_OVPN_MODE]) {
 		mode = nla_get_u8(data[IFLA_OVPN_MODE]);
@@ -207,7 +195,30 @@ static int ovpn_newlink(struct net_device *dev,
 	else
 		netif_carrier_off(dev);
 
-	return register_netdevice(dev);
+	ret = register_netdevice(dev);
+	if (ret < 0)
+		return ret;
+
+	/* The IPv4 in_device is created by the NETDEV_REGISTER notifier, which
+	 * fires inside register_netdevice() above, so this cannot be done
+	 * earlier (e.g. in ndo_init). RTNL is held by the newlink path.
+	 */
+	if (ovpn->mode == OVPN_MODE_MP) {
+		dev_v4 = __in_dev_get_rtnl(dev);
+		if (dev_v4) {
+			/* disable redirects as Linux gets confused by ovpn
+			 * handling same-LAN routing.
+			 * This happens because a multipeer interface is used as
+			 * relay point between hosts in the same subnet, while
+			 * in a classic LAN this would not be needed because the
+			 * two hosts would be able to talk directly.
+			 */
+			IN_DEV_CONF_SET(dev_v4, SEND_REDIRECTS, false);
+			IPV4_DEVCONF_ALL(dev_net(dev), SEND_REDIRECTS) = false;
+		}
+	}
+
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static int ovpn_fill_info(struct sk_buff *skb, const struct net_device *dev)