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-rw-r--r--drivers/net/veth.c3
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/veth.c b/drivers/net/veth.c
index 5852361032c..e522ff70444 100644
--- a/drivers/net/veth.c
+++ b/drivers/net/veth.c
@@ -348,6 +348,9 @@ static int veth_newlink(struct net *src_net, struct net_device *dev,
if (tbp[IFLA_ADDRESS] == NULL)
eth_hw_addr_random(peer);
+ if (ifmp && (dev->ifindex != 0))
+ peer->ifindex = ifmp->ifi_index;
+
err = register_netdevice(peer);
put_net(net);
net = NULL;