diff --git a/include/net/ip.h b/include/net/ip.h
index ca14799545fd..09b32da1b929 100644
--- a/include/net/ip.h
+++ b/include/net/ip.h
@@ -216,6 +216,12 @@ static inline int inet_is_local_reserved_port(struct net *net, int port)
 		return 0;
 	return test_bit(port, net->ipv4.sysctl_local_reserved_ports);
 }
+
+static inline bool sysctl_dev_name_is_allowed(const char *name)
+{
+	return strcmp(name, "default") != 0  && strcmp(name, "all") != 0;
+}
+
 #else
 static inline int inet_is_local_reserved_port(struct net *net, int port)
 {
diff --git a/net/ipv4/devinet.c b/net/ipv4/devinet.c
index e9449376b58e..214882e7d6de 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/devinet.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/devinet.c
@@ -180,11 +180,12 @@ static BLOCKING_NOTIFIER_HEAD(inetaddr_chain);
 static void inet_del_ifa(struct in_device *in_dev, struct in_ifaddr **ifap,
 			 int destroy);
 #ifdef CONFIG_SYSCTL
-static void devinet_sysctl_register(struct in_device *idev);
+static int devinet_sysctl_register(struct in_device *idev);
 static void devinet_sysctl_unregister(struct in_device *idev);
 #else
-static void devinet_sysctl_register(struct in_device *idev)
+static int devinet_sysctl_register(struct in_device *idev)
 {
+	return 0;
 }
 static void devinet_sysctl_unregister(struct in_device *idev)
 {
@@ -232,6 +233,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(in_dev_finish_destroy);
 static struct in_device *inetdev_init(struct net_device *dev)
 {
 	struct in_device *in_dev;
+	int err = -ENOMEM;
 
 	ASSERT_RTNL();
 
@@ -252,7 +254,13 @@ static struct in_device *inetdev_init(struct net_device *dev)
 	/* Account for reference dev->ip_ptr (below) */
 	in_dev_hold(in_dev);
 
-	devinet_sysctl_register(in_dev);
+	err = devinet_sysctl_register(in_dev);
+	if (err) {
+		in_dev->dead = 1;
+		in_dev_put(in_dev);
+		in_dev = NULL;
+		goto out;
+	}
 	ip_mc_init_dev(in_dev);
 	if (dev->flags & IFF_UP)
 		ip_mc_up(in_dev);
@@ -260,7 +268,7 @@ static struct in_device *inetdev_init(struct net_device *dev)
 	/* we can receive as soon as ip_ptr is set -- do this last */
 	rcu_assign_pointer(dev->ip_ptr, in_dev);
 out:
-	return in_dev;
+	return in_dev ?: ERR_PTR(err);
 out_kfree:
 	kfree(in_dev);
 	in_dev = NULL;
@@ -1347,8 +1355,8 @@ static int inetdev_event(struct notifier_block *this, unsigned long event,
 	if (!in_dev) {
 		if (event == NETDEV_REGISTER) {
 			in_dev = inetdev_init(dev);
-			if (!in_dev)
-				return notifier_from_errno(-ENOMEM);
+			if (IS_ERR(in_dev))
+				return notifier_from_errno(PTR_ERR(in_dev));
 			if (dev->flags & IFF_LOOPBACK) {
 				IN_DEV_CONF_SET(in_dev, NOXFRM, 1);
 				IN_DEV_CONF_SET(in_dev, NOPOLICY, 1);
@@ -2182,11 +2190,21 @@ static void __devinet_sysctl_unregister(struct ipv4_devconf *cnf)
 	kfree(t);
 }
 
-static void devinet_sysctl_register(struct in_device *idev)
+static int devinet_sysctl_register(struct in_device *idev)
 {
-	neigh_sysctl_register(idev->dev, idev->arp_parms, NULL);
-	__devinet_sysctl_register(dev_net(idev->dev), idev->dev->name,
+	int err;
+
+	if (!sysctl_dev_name_is_allowed(idev->dev->name))
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	err = neigh_sysctl_register(idev->dev, idev->arp_parms, NULL);
+	if (err)
+		return err;
+	err = __devinet_sysctl_register(dev_net(idev->dev), idev->dev->name,
 					&idev->cnf);
+	if (err)
+		neigh_sysctl_unregister(idev->arp_parms);
+	return err;
 }
 
 static void devinet_sysctl_unregister(struct in_device *idev)