diff --git a/net/ipv4/devinet.c b/net/ipv4/devinet.c
index 8d48c392adccec6dc1f2ca8e3c8fd5a6750283e5..1b7f7ae8514a5a08ee10e94cfb234686bc3182a9 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/devinet.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/devinet.c
@@ -1124,10 +1124,7 @@ static int inet_gifconf(struct net_device *dev, char __user *buf, int len)
 		if (len < (int) sizeof(ifr))
 			break;
 		memset(&ifr, 0, sizeof(struct ifreq));
-		if (ifa->ifa_label)
-			strcpy(ifr.ifr_name, ifa->ifa_label);
-		else
-			strcpy(ifr.ifr_name, dev->name);
+		strcpy(ifr.ifr_name, ifa->ifa_label);
 
 		(*(struct sockaddr_in *)&ifr.ifr_addr).sin_family = AF_INET;
 		(*(struct sockaddr_in *)&ifr.ifr_addr).sin_addr.s_addr =