1 files changed, 6 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index 4b24d79414e3..d867522290b9 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -999,14 +999,15 @@ rollback:
         ret = notifier_to_errno(ret);
 
         if (ret) {
-                if (err) {
-                        printk(KERN_ERR
-                               "%s: name change rollback failed: %d.\n",
-                               dev->name, ret);
-                } else {
+                /* err >= 0 after dev_alloc_name() or stores the first errno */
+                if (err >= 0) {
                         err = ret;
                         memcpy(dev->name, oldname, IFNAMSIZ);
                         goto rollback;
+                } else {
+                        printk(KERN_ERR
+                               "%s: name change rollback failed: %d.\n",
+                               dev->name, ret);
                 }
         }