diff --git a/drivers/net/team/team_core.c b/drivers/net/team/team_core.c
index c08a5c1bd6e4..a0fe998cc055 100644
--- a/drivers/net/team/team_core.c
+++ b/drivers/net/team/team_core.c
@@ -1292,7 +1292,7 @@ err_set_mtu:
 
 static void __team_port_change_port_removed(struct team_port *port);
 
-static int team_port_del(struct team *team, struct net_device *port_dev)
+static int team_port_del(struct team *team, struct net_device *port_dev, bool unregister)
 {
 	struct net_device *dev = team->dev;
 	struct team_port *port;
@@ -1330,7 +1330,13 @@ static int team_port_del(struct team *team, struct net_device *port_dev)
 	__team_port_change_port_removed(port);
 
 	team_port_set_orig_dev_addr(port);
-	dev_set_mtu(port_dev, port->orig.mtu);
+	if (unregister) {
+		netdev_lock_ops(port_dev);
+		__netif_set_mtu(port_dev, port->orig.mtu);
+		netdev_unlock_ops(port_dev);
+	} else {
+		dev_set_mtu(port_dev, port->orig.mtu);
+	}
 	kfree_rcu(port, rcu);
 	netdev_info(dev, "Port device %s removed\n", portname);
 	netdev_compute_master_upper_features(team->dev, true);
@@ -1634,7 +1640,7 @@ static void team_uninit(struct net_device *dev)
 	ASSERT_RTNL();
 
 	list_for_each_entry_safe(port, tmp, &team->port_list, list)
-		team_port_del(team, port->dev);
+		team_port_del(team, port->dev, false);
 
 	__team_change_mode(team, NULL); /* cleanup */
 	__team_options_unregister(team, team_options, ARRAY_SIZE(team_options));
@@ -1933,7 +1939,16 @@ static int team_del_slave(struct net_device *dev, struct net_device *port_dev)
 
 	ASSERT_RTNL();
 
-	return team_port_del(team, port_dev);
+	return team_port_del(team, port_dev, false);
+}
+
+static int team_del_slave_on_unregister(struct net_device *dev, struct net_device *port_dev)
+{
+	struct team *team = netdev_priv(dev);
+
+	ASSERT_RTNL();
+
+	return team_port_del(team, port_dev, true);
 }
 
 static netdev_features_t team_fix_features(struct net_device *dev,
@@ -2926,7 +2941,7 @@ static int team_device_event(struct notifier_block *unused,
 					       !!netif_oper_up(port->dev));
 		break;
 	case NETDEV_UNREGISTER:
-		team_del_slave(port->team->dev, dev);
+		team_del_slave_on_unregister(port->team->dev, dev);
 		break;
 	case NETDEV_FEAT_CHANGE:
 		if (!port->team->notifier_ctx) {
@@ -2999,3 +3014,4 @@ MODULE_LICENSE("GPL v2");
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Jiri Pirko <jpirko@redhat.com>");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Ethernet team device driver");
 MODULE_ALIAS_RTNL_LINK(DRV_NAME);
+MODULE_IMPORT_NS("NETDEV_INTERNAL");
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/drivers/net/team/Makefile b/tools/testing/selftests/drivers/net/team/Makefile
index 1340b3df9c31..45a3e7ad3dcb 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/drivers/net/team/Makefile
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/drivers/net/team/Makefile
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ TEST_PROGS := \
 	dev_addr_lists.sh \
 	options.sh \
 	propagation.sh \
+	refleak.sh \
 # end of TEST_PROGS
 
 TEST_INCLUDES := \
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/drivers/net/team/refleak.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/drivers/net/team/refleak.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000000..ef08213ab964
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/drivers/net/team/refleak.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+# shellcheck disable=SC2154
+
+lib_dir=$(dirname "$0")
+source "$lib_dir"/../../../net/lib.sh
+
+trap cleanup_all_ns EXIT
+
+# Test that there is no reference count leak and that dummy1 can be deleted.
+# https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/4d69abe1-ca8d-4f0b-bcf8-13899b211e57@I-love.SAKURA.ne.jp/
+setup_ns ns1 ns2
+ip -n "$ns1" link add name team1 type team
+ip -n "$ns1" link add name dummy1 mtu 1499 type dummy
+ip -n "$ns1" link set dev dummy1 master team1
+ip -n "$ns1" link set dev dummy1 netns "$ns2"
+ip -n "$ns2" link del dev dummy1