1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/net/ppp/ppp_generic.c b/drivers/net/ppp/ppp_generic.c
index 91d6c1272fcf..5c002b1ef169 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ppp/ppp_generic.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ppp/ppp_generic.c
@@ -2665,7 +2665,8 @@ ppp_create_interface(struct net *net, int unit, int *retp)
         int ret = -ENOMEM;
         int i;
 
-        dev = alloc_netdev(sizeof(struct ppp), "", ppp_setup);
+        dev = alloc_netdev(sizeof(struct ppp), "", NET_NAME_UNKNOWN,
+                           ppp_setup);
         if (!dev)
                 goto out1;