diff --git a/net/ipv4/devinet.c b/net/ipv4/devinet.c
index 650dcb1..d8a10e3 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/devinet.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/devinet.c
@@ -1471,7 +1471,7 @@
 	 * by sysctl and we wouldn't want anyone to change it under our feet
 	 * (see SIOCSIFNAME).
 	 */	
-	dev_name = net_sysctl_strdup(dev_name);
+	dev_name = kstrdup(dev_name, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!dev_name)
 	    goto free;