diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index 1974aee005a6..5dbc86ea6b58 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -2403,17 +2403,20 @@ static void skb_warn_bad_offload(const struct sk_buff *skb)
 {
 	static const netdev_features_t null_features = 0;
 	struct net_device *dev = skb->dev;
-	const char *driver = "";
+	const char *name = "";
 
 	if (!net_ratelimit())
 		return;
 
-	if (dev && dev->dev.parent)
-		driver = dev_driver_string(dev->dev.parent);
-
+	if (dev) {
+		if (dev->dev.parent)
+			name = dev_driver_string(dev->dev.parent);
+		else
+			name = netdev_name(dev);
+	}
 	WARN(1, "%s: caps=(%pNF, %pNF) len=%d data_len=%d gso_size=%d "
 	     "gso_type=%d ip_summed=%d\n",
-	     driver, dev ? &dev->features : &null_features,
+	     name, dev ? &dev->features : &null_features,
 	     skb->sk ? &skb->sk->sk_route_caps : &null_features,
 	     skb->len, skb->data_len, skb_shinfo(skb)->gso_size,
 	     skb_shinfo(skb)->gso_type, skb->ip_summed);