1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/net/core/netpoll.c b/net/core/netpoll.c
index a6f39b6aeec0..331ccb90f915 100644
--- a/net/core/netpoll.c
+++ b/net/core/netpoll.c
@@ -1049,8 +1049,10 @@ int netpoll_setup(struct netpoll *np)
         int err;
 
         rtnl_lock();
-        if (np->dev_name)
-                ndev = __dev_get_by_name(&init_net, np->dev_name);
+        if (np->dev_name) {
+                struct net *net = current->nsproxy->net_ns;
+                ndev = __dev_get_by_name(net, np->dev_name);
+        }
         if (!ndev) {
                 np_err(np, "%s doesn't exist, aborting\n", np->dev_name);
                 err = -ENODEV;