diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 69511927d3fe..2beea7acf006 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: d1d9facfd1b326e0df587c96f0ee55de2ae9f946
+refs/heads/master: 78e5b8916e7db119850f57ce8548fbb9767078fc
diff --git a/trunk/net/core/rtnetlink.c b/trunk/net/core/rtnetlink.c
index 63b882ac288a..d8e25e08cb7e 100644
--- a/trunk/net/core/rtnetlink.c
+++ b/trunk/net/core/rtnetlink.c
@@ -394,6 +394,8 @@ static int rtnl_setlink(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlmsghdr *nlh, void *arg)
 
 	if (tb[IFLA_IFNAME])
 		nla_strlcpy(ifname, tb[IFLA_IFNAME], IFNAMSIZ);
+	else
+		ifname[0] = '\0';
 
 	err = -EINVAL;
 	ifm = nlmsg_data(nlh);