1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index 868ec0ba8b77..b8a4fd0806af 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -924,10 +924,10 @@ int dev_change_name(struct net_device *dev, const char *newname)
                 strlcpy(dev->name, newname, IFNAMSIZ);
 
 rollback:
-        err = device_rename(&dev->dev, dev->name);
-        if (err) {
+        ret = device_rename(&dev->dev, dev->name);
+        if (ret) {
                 memcpy(dev->name, oldname, IFNAMSIZ);
-                return err;
+                return ret;
         }
 
         write_lock_bh(&dev_base_lock);