1 files changed, 5 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/net/core/netpoll.c b/net/core/netpoll.c
index f9f40b932e4..b4c90e42b44 100644
--- a/net/core/netpoll.c
+++ b/net/core/netpoll.c
@@ -715,14 +715,16 @@ int netpoll_parse_options(struct netpoll *np, char *opt)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(netpoll_parse_options);
 
-int __netpoll_setup(struct netpoll *np)
+int __netpoll_setup(struct netpoll *np, struct net_device *ndev)
 {
-        struct net_device *ndev = np->dev;
         struct netpoll_info *npinfo;
         const struct net_device_ops *ops;
         unsigned long flags;
         int err;
 
+        np->dev = ndev;
+        strlcpy(np->dev_name, ndev->name, IFNAMSIZ);
+
         if ((ndev->priv_flags & IFF_DISABLE_NETPOLL) ||
             !ndev->netdev_ops->ndo_poll_controller) {
                 np_err(np, "%s doesn't support polling, aborting\n",
@@ -851,13 +853,11 @@ int netpoll_setup(struct netpoll *np)
                 np_info(np, "local IP %pI4\n", &np->local_ip);
         }
 
-        np->dev = ndev;
-
         /* fill up the skb queue */
         refill_skbs();
 
         rtnl_lock();
-        err = __netpoll_setup(np);
+        err = __netpoll_setup(np, ndev);
         rtnl_unlock();
 
         if (err)