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-rw-r--r--net/core/dev.c2
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index cb3d95edf58d..1bb856eaed1c 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -1106,7 +1106,7 @@ static int __dev_alloc_name(struct net *net, const char *name, char *buf)
* when the name is long and there isn't enough space left
* for the digits, or if all bits are used.
*/
- return -ENFILE;
+ return p ? -ENFILE : -EEXIST;
}
static int dev_alloc_name_ns(struct net *net,