diff --git a/drivers/net/tun.c b/drivers/net/tun.c
index 5ce580f413b9..e21bf90b819f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/tun.c
+++ b/drivers/net/tun.c
@@ -2027,6 +2027,9 @@ static int tun_set_iff(struct net *net, struct file *file, struct ifreq *ifr)
 
 		if (!dev)
 			return -ENOMEM;
+		err = dev_get_valid_name(net, dev, name);
+		if (err)
+			goto err_free_dev;
 
 		dev_net_set(dev, net);
 		dev->rtnl_link_ops = &tun_link_ops;
diff --git a/include/linux/netdevice.h b/include/linux/netdevice.h
index f535779d9dc1..2eaac7d75af4 100644
--- a/include/linux/netdevice.h
+++ b/include/linux/netdevice.h
@@ -3694,6 +3694,9 @@ struct net_device *alloc_netdev_mqs(int sizeof_priv, const char *name,
 				    unsigned char name_assign_type,
 				    void (*setup)(struct net_device *),
 				    unsigned int txqs, unsigned int rxqs);
+int dev_get_valid_name(struct net *net, struct net_device *dev,
+		       const char *name);
+
 #define alloc_netdev(sizeof_priv, name, name_assign_type, setup) \
 	alloc_netdev_mqs(sizeof_priv, name, name_assign_type, setup, 1, 1)
 
diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index 588b473194a8..11596a302a26 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -1147,9 +1147,8 @@ static int dev_alloc_name_ns(struct net *net,
 	return ret;
 }
 
-static int dev_get_valid_name(struct net *net,
-			      struct net_device *dev,
-			      const char *name)
+int dev_get_valid_name(struct net *net, struct net_device *dev,
+		       const char *name)
 {
 	BUG_ON(!net);
 
@@ -1165,6 +1164,7 @@ static int dev_get_valid_name(struct net *net,
 
 	return 0;
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(dev_get_valid_name);
 
 /**
  *	dev_change_name - change name of a device