diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index 1bb856eaed1c..ad5f90dacd92 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -1146,19 +1146,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(dev_alloc_name);
 int dev_get_valid_name(struct net *net, struct net_device *dev,
 		       const char *name)
 {
-	BUG_ON(!net);
-
-	if (!dev_valid_name(name))
-		return -EINVAL;
-
-	if (strchr(name, '%'))
-		return dev_alloc_name_ns(net, dev, name);
-	else if (__dev_get_by_name(net, name))
-		return -EEXIST;
-	else if (dev->name != name)
-		strlcpy(dev->name, name, IFNAMSIZ);
-
-	return 0;
+	return dev_alloc_name_ns(net, dev, name);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(dev_get_valid_name);