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-rw-r--r--net/ipv6/addrconf.c3
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c b/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
index 14f5c53235fe..a54d4ef3fd35 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@
#endif
#include <linux/delay.h>
#include <linux/notifier.h>
+#include <linux/string.h>
#include <net/sock.h>
#include <net/snmp.h>
@@ -3437,7 +3438,7 @@ static void addrconf_sysctl_register(struct inet6_dev *idev, struct ipv6_devconf
* 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;