1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/net/ipv4/devinet.c b/net/ipv4/devinet.c
index 3168c3de4919..b42f74617bac 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/devinet.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/devinet.c
@@ -1027,7 +1027,7 @@ static void inetdev_changename(struct net_device *dev, struct in_device *in_dev)
                 memcpy(ifa->ifa_label, dev->name, IFNAMSIZ);
                 if (named++ == 0)
                         continue;
-                dot = strchr(ifa->ifa_label, ':');
+                dot = strchr(old, ':');
                 if (dot == NULL) {
                         sprintf(old, ":%d", named);
                         dot = old;