diff --git a/drivers/net/tun.c b/drivers/net/tun.c
index f1e110de8a32..dd02fcc97277 100644
--- a/drivers/net/tun.c
+++ b/drivers/net/tun.c
@@ -696,7 +696,8 @@ static void __tun_detach(struct tun_file *tfile, bool clean)
 	tun = rtnl_dereference(tfile->tun);
 
 	if (tun && clean) {
-		tun_napi_disable(tfile);
+		if (!tfile->detached)
+			tun_napi_disable(tfile);
 		tun_napi_del(tfile);
 	}