1 files changed, 2 insertions, 10 deletions

diff --git a/net/ipv4/ip_gre.c b/net/ipv4/ip_gre.c
index 63f691719353..906cb1ada4c3 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/ip_gre.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/ip_gre.c
@@ -259,16 +259,8 @@ static struct ip_tunnel * ipgre_tunnel_locate(struct ip_tunnel_parm *parms, int
 
         if (parms->name[0])
                 strlcpy(name, parms->name, IFNAMSIZ);
-        else {
-                int i;
-                for (i=1; i<100; i++) {
-                        sprintf(name, "gre%d", i);
-                        if (__dev_get_by_name(&init_net, name) == NULL)
-                                break;
-                }
-                if (i==100)
-                        goto failed;
-        }
+        else
+                sprintf(name, "gre%%d");
 
         dev = alloc_netdev(sizeof(*t), name, ipgre_tunnel_setup);
         if (!dev)