diff --git a/drivers/net/vrf.c b/drivers/net/vrf.c
index 21ad4b1d7f03..1e9f2dc0de07 100644
--- a/drivers/net/vrf.c
+++ b/drivers/net/vrf.c
@@ -747,7 +747,8 @@ static int vrf_rtable_create(struct net_device *dev)
 /**************************** device handling ********************/
 
 /* cycle interface to flush neighbor cache and move routes across tables */
-static void cycle_netdev(struct net_device *dev)
+static void cycle_netdev(struct net_device *dev,
+			 struct netlink_ext_ack *extack)
 {
 	unsigned int flags = dev->flags;
 	int ret;
@@ -785,7 +786,7 @@ static int do_vrf_add_slave(struct net_device *dev, struct net_device *port_dev,
 	if (ret < 0)
 		goto err;
 
-	cycle_netdev(port_dev);
+	cycle_netdev(port_dev, extack);
 
 	return 0;
 
@@ -815,7 +816,7 @@ static int do_vrf_del_slave(struct net_device *dev, struct net_device *port_dev)
 	netdev_upper_dev_unlink(port_dev, dev);
 	port_dev->priv_flags &= ~IFF_L3MDEV_SLAVE;
 
-	cycle_netdev(port_dev);
+	cycle_netdev(port_dev, NULL);
 
 	return 0;
 }