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-rw-r--r--drivers/net/veth.c4
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/veth.c b/drivers/net/veth.c
index b33553b1e19c..f5438d0978ca 100644
--- a/drivers/net/veth.c
+++ b/drivers/net/veth.c
@@ -385,7 +385,7 @@ static int veth_newlink(struct net *src_net, struct net_device *dev,
 		tbp = tb;
 	}
 
-	if (tbp[IFLA_IFNAME]) {
+	if (ifmp && tbp[IFLA_IFNAME]) {
 		nla_strlcpy(ifname, tbp[IFLA_IFNAME], IFNAMSIZ);
 		name_assign_type = NET_NAME_USER;
 	} else {
@@ -404,7 +404,7 @@ static int veth_newlink(struct net *src_net, struct net_device *dev,
 		return PTR_ERR(peer);
 	}
 
-	if (tbp[IFLA_ADDRESS] == NULL)
+	if (!ifmp || !tbp[IFLA_ADDRESS])
 		eth_hw_addr_random(peer);
 
 	if (ifmp && (dev->ifindex != 0))