diff --git a/net/core/rtnetlink.c b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
index 5899b1d2de144..73f2cbc440c9b 100644
--- a/net/core/rtnetlink.c
+++ b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
@@ -3158,7 +3158,7 @@ static int rtnl_dellink(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlmsghdr *nlh,
 		goto out;
 
 	if (!dev) {
-		if (tb[IFLA_IFNAME] || ifm->ifi_index > 0)
+		if (tb[IFLA_IFNAME] || tb[IFLA_ALT_IFNAME] || ifm->ifi_index > 0)
 			err = -ENODEV;
 
 		goto out;