netdev_update_features(vlandev);
 }
 
-static void __vlan_device_event(struct net_device *dev, unsigned long event)
+static int __vlan_device_event(struct net_device *dev, unsigned long event)
 {
+       int err = 0;
+
        switch (event) {
        case NETDEV_CHANGENAME:
                vlan_proc_rem_dev(dev);
-               if (vlan_proc_add_dev(dev) < 0)
-                       pr_warn("failed to change proc name for %s\n",
-                               dev->name);
+               err = vlan_proc_add_dev(dev);
                break;
        case NETDEV_REGISTER:
-               if (vlan_proc_add_dev(dev) < 0)
-                       pr_warn("failed to add proc entry for %s\n", dev->name);
+               err = vlan_proc_add_dev(dev);
                break;
        case NETDEV_UNREGISTER:
                vlan_proc_rem_dev(dev);
                break;
        }
+
+       return err;
 }
 
 static int vlan_device_event(struct notifier_block *unused, unsigned long event,
        bool last = false;
        LIST_HEAD(list);
 
-       if (is_vlan_dev(dev))
-               __vlan_device_event(dev, event);
+       if (is_vlan_dev(dev)) {
+               int err = __vlan_device_event(dev, event);
+
+               if (err)
+                       return notifier_from_errno(err);
+       }
 
        if ((event == NETDEV_UP) &&
            (dev->features & NETIF_F_HW_VLAN_CTAG_FILTER)) {
 
        struct vlan_dev_priv *vlan = vlan_dev_priv(vlandev);
        struct vlan_net *vn = net_generic(dev_net(vlandev), vlan_net_id);
 
+       if (!strcmp(vlandev->name, name_conf))
+               return -EINVAL;
        vlan->dent =
                proc_create_data(vlandev->name, S_IFREG|S_IRUSR|S_IWUSR,
                                 vn->proc_vlan_dir, &vlandev_fops, vlandev);