diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index a1607bc0cd4cd3601b2183616845b564a1057c52..ce88c0d3e35470d1c052a0ed8b92d2dbd4a7f5f3 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -903,7 +903,11 @@ int dev_change_name(struct net_device *dev, char *newname)
 		strlcpy(dev->name, newname, IFNAMSIZ);
 
 rollback:
-	device_rename(&dev->dev, dev->name);
+	err = device_rename(&dev->dev, dev->name);
+	if (err) {
+		memcpy(dev->name, oldname, IFNAMSIZ);
+		return err;
+	}
 
 	write_lock_bh(&dev_base_lock);
 	hlist_del(&dev->name_hlist);