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diff --git a/include/net/net_namespace.h b/include/net/net_namespace.h
index 6dc3db3466bf..97e441945c13 100644
--- a/include/net/net_namespace.h
+++ b/include/net/net_namespace.h
@@ -105,6 +105,13 @@ struct net {
struct sock *diag_nlsk;
};
+/*
+ * ifindex generation is per-net namespace, and loopback is
+ * always the 1st device in ns (see net_dev_init), thus any
+ * loopback device should get ifindex 1
+ */
+
+#define LOOPBACK_IFINDEX 1
#include <linux/seq_file_net.h>