1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/net/core/net-sysfs.c b/net/core/net-sysfs.c
index 85cb8bdcfb8f..146dcfeb060e 100644
--- a/net/core/net-sysfs.c
+++ b/net/core/net-sysfs.c
@@ -494,7 +494,7 @@ int netdev_register_kobject(struct net_device *net)
         dev->groups = groups;
 
         BUILD_BUG_ON(BUS_ID_SIZE < IFNAMSIZ);
-        strlcpy(dev->bus_id, net->name, BUS_ID_SIZE);
+        dev_set_name(dev, net->name);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_SYSFS
         *groups++ = &netstat_group;