}
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(dev_alloc_name);
 
-static int dev_get_valid_name(struct net_device *dev, const char *name)
+static int dev_alloc_name_ns(struct net *net,
+                            struct net_device *dev,
+                            const char *name)
 {
-       struct net *net;
+       char buf[IFNAMSIZ];
+       int ret;
 
-       BUG_ON(!dev_net(dev));
-       net = dev_net(dev);
+       ret = __dev_alloc_name(net, name, buf);
+       if (ret >= 0)
+               strlcpy(dev->name, buf, IFNAMSIZ);
+       return ret;
+}
+
+static 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(dev, name);
+               return dev_alloc_name_ns(net, dev, name);
        else if (__dev_get_by_name(net, name))
                return -EEXIST;
        else if (dev->name != name)
 
        memcpy(oldname, dev->name, IFNAMSIZ);
 
-       err = dev_get_valid_name(dev, newname);
+       err = dev_get_valid_name(net, dev, newname);
        if (err < 0)
                return err;
 
 
        dev->iflink = -1;
 
-       ret = dev_get_valid_name(dev, dev->name);
+       ret = dev_get_valid_name(net, dev, dev->name);
        if (ret < 0)
                goto out;
 
                /* We get here if we can't use the current device name */
                if (!pat)
                        goto out;
-               if (dev_get_valid_name(dev, pat) < 0)
+               if (dev_get_valid_name(net, dev, pat) < 0)
                        goto out;
        }