1 files changed, 4 insertions, 11 deletions

diff --git a/net/ipv6/ip6_tunnel.c b/net/ipv6/ip6_tunnel.c
index cd940647bd12..2a124e9a1b2d 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/ip6_tunnel.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/ip6_tunnel.c
@@ -229,18 +229,11 @@ static struct ip6_tnl *ip6_tnl_create(struct ip6_tnl_parm *p)
         char name[IFNAMSIZ];
         int err;
 
-        if (p->name[0]) {
+        if (p->name[0])
                 strlcpy(name, p->name, IFNAMSIZ);
-        } else {
-                int i;
-                for (i = 1; i < IP6_TNL_MAX; i++) {
-                        sprintf(name, "ip6tnl%d", i);
-                        if (__dev_get_by_name(&init_net, name) == NULL)
-                                break;
-                }
-                if (i == IP6_TNL_MAX)
-                        goto failed;
-        }
+        else
+                sprintf(name, "ip6tnl%%d");
+
         dev = alloc_netdev(sizeof (*t), name, ip6_tnl_dev_setup);
         if (dev == NULL)
                 goto failed;