1 files changed, 4 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index d44b8f1964fa..4dc93cc4d5b7 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -751,13 +751,10 @@ int dev_change_name(struct net_device *dev, char *newname)
         else
                 strlcpy(dev->name, newname, IFNAMSIZ);
 
-        err = device_rename(&dev->dev, dev->name);
-        if (!err) {
-                hlist_del(&dev->name_hlist);
-                hlist_add_head(&dev->name_hlist, dev_name_hash(dev->name));
-                raw_notifier_call_chain(&netdev_chain,
-                                NETDEV_CHANGENAME, dev);
-        }
+        device_rename(&dev->dev, dev->name);
+        hlist_del(&dev->name_hlist);
+        hlist_add_head(&dev->name_hlist, dev_name_hash(dev->name));
+        raw_notifier_call_chain(&netdev_chain, NETDEV_CHANGENAME, dev);
 
         return err;
 }