diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index 868ec0ba8b77dc7088c28816238b2ee557316e01..b8a4fd0806af3fca72224828293a497f13281831 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -924,10 +924,10 @@ int dev_change_name(struct net_device *dev, const char *newname)
 		strlcpy(dev->name, newname, IFNAMSIZ);
 
 rollback:
-	err = device_rename(&dev->dev, dev->name);
-	if (err) {
+	ret = device_rename(&dev->dev, dev->name);
+	if (ret) {
 		memcpy(dev->name, oldname, IFNAMSIZ);
-		return err;
+		return ret;
 	}
 
 	write_lock_bh(&dev_base_lock);