diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index ea23353e6251ae7b2f3053685242573803e9a054..3ed09f8ecbf8601d25096d59af0b5e846b74d817 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -5437,6 +5437,10 @@ int register_netdevice(struct net_device *dev)
 
 	dev->iflink = -1;
 
+	ret = dev_get_valid_name(dev, dev->name);
+	if (ret < 0)
+		goto out;
+
 	/* Init, if this function is available */
 	if (dev->netdev_ops->ndo_init) {
 		ret = dev->netdev_ops->ndo_init(dev);
@@ -5447,10 +5451,6 @@ int register_netdevice(struct net_device *dev)
 		}
 	}
 
-	ret = dev_get_valid_name(dev, dev->name);
-	if (ret < 0)
-		goto err_uninit;
-
 	dev->ifindex = dev_new_index(net);
 	if (dev->iflink == -1)
 		dev->iflink = dev->ifindex;