1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/include/linux/netdevice.h b/include/linux/netdevice.h
index 15ed750458ad..70256aa2ae81 100644
--- a/include/linux/netdevice.h
+++ b/include/linux/netdevice.h
@@ -3383,8 +3383,8 @@ extern struct pernet_operations __net_initdata loopback_net_ops;
 
 static inline const char *netdev_name(const struct net_device *dev)
 {
-        if (dev->reg_state != NETREG_REGISTERED)
-                return "(unregistered net_device)";
+        if (!dev->name[0] || strchr(dev->name, '%'))
+                return "(unnamed net_device)";
         return dev->name;
 }