Merge branch 'master' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/linville/wireless-2.6 into for-davem

1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/net/mac80211/iface.c b/net/mac80211/iface.c
index 49d4f869e0bc..dee30aea9ab3 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/iface.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/iface.c
@@ -1145,6 +1145,10 @@ int ieee80211_if_add(struct ieee80211_local *local, const char *name,
                                 + IEEE80211_ENCRYPT_HEADROOM;
         ndev->needed_tailroom = IEEE80211_ENCRYPT_TAILROOM;
 
+        ret = dev_alloc_name(ndev, ndev->name);
+        if (ret < 0)
+                goto fail;
+
         ieee80211_assign_perm_addr(local, ndev, type);
         memcpy(ndev->dev_addr, ndev->perm_addr, ETH_ALEN);
         SET_NETDEV_DEV(ndev, wiphy_dev(local->hw.wiphy));