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1 files changed, 6 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index b8f74cfb1bf..fe10551d367 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -942,14 +942,15 @@ rollback:
ret = notifier_to_errno(ret);
if (ret) {
- if (err) {
- printk(KERN_ERR
- "%s: name change rollback failed: %d.\n",
- dev->name, ret);
- } else {
+ /* err >= 0 after dev_alloc_name() or stores the first errno */
+ if (err >= 0) {
err = ret;
memcpy(dev->name, oldname, IFNAMSIZ);
goto rollback;
+ } else {
+ printk(KERN_ERR
+ "%s: name change rollback failed: %d.\n",
+ dev->name, ret);
}
}