diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 7c9bb425b42e..cdb651db9917 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 6f213ff1919fab6f8244ceae55631b5d6ef750a7
+refs/heads/master: 59e7e7078d6c2c6294caf454c6e3695f9d3e46a2
diff --git a/trunk/net/mac80211/iface.c b/trunk/net/mac80211/iface.c
index 49d4f869e0bc..dee30aea9ab3 100644
--- a/trunk/net/mac80211/iface.c
+++ b/trunk/net/mac80211/iface.c
@@ -1145,6 +1145,10 @@ int ieee80211_if_add(struct ieee80211_local *local, const char *name,
 				+ IEEE80211_ENCRYPT_HEADROOM;
 	ndev->needed_tailroom = IEEE80211_ENCRYPT_TAILROOM;
 
+	ret = dev_alloc_name(ndev, ndev->name);
+	if (ret < 0)
+		goto fail;
+
 	ieee80211_assign_perm_addr(local, ndev, type);
 	memcpy(ndev->dev_addr, ndev->perm_addr, ETH_ALEN);
 	SET_NETDEV_DEV(ndev, wiphy_dev(local->hw.wiphy));