1 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/net/tun.c b/drivers/net/tun.c
index 2a2d058cdd40..ea29da91ea5a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/tun.c
+++ b/drivers/net/tun.c
@@ -2252,6 +2252,9 @@ static int tun_set_iff(struct net *net, struct file *file, struct ifreq *ifr)
 
                 if (!dev)
                         return -ENOMEM;
+                err = dev_get_valid_name(net, dev, name);
+                if (err)
+                        goto err_free_dev;
 
                 dev_net_set(dev, net);
                 dev->rtnl_link_ops = &tun_link_ops;