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diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index d2698b4bbad4..0830f2967221 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -1077,9 +1077,6 @@ static int __dev_alloc_name(struct net *net, const char *name, char *res)
struct net_device *d;
char buf[IFNAMSIZ];
- if (!dev_valid_name(name))
- return -EINVAL;
-
/* Verify the string as this thing may have come from the user.
* There must be one "%d" and no other "%" characters.
*/