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-rw-r--r--net/core/dev.c8
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index ea23353..3ed09f8 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -5437,6 +5437,10 @@ int register_netdevice(struct net_device *dev)
dev->iflink = -1;
+ ret = dev_get_valid_name(dev, dev->name);
+ if (ret < 0)
+ goto out;
+
/* Init, if this function is available */
if (dev->netdev_ops->ndo_init) {
ret = dev->netdev_ops->ndo_init(dev);
@@ -5447,10 +5451,6 @@ int register_netdevice(struct net_device *dev)
}
}
- ret = dev_get_valid_name(dev, dev->name);
- if (ret < 0)
- goto err_uninit;
-
dev->ifindex = dev_new_index(net);
if (dev->iflink == -1)
dev->iflink = dev->ifindex;