diff --git a/net/ipv4/devinet.c b/net/ipv4/devinet.c
index 3168c3de4919..b42f74617bac 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/devinet.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/devinet.c
@@ -1027,7 +1027,7 @@ static void inetdev_changename(struct net_device *dev, struct in_device *in_dev)
 		memcpy(ifa->ifa_label, dev->name, IFNAMSIZ);
 		if (named++ == 0)
 			continue;
-		dot = strchr(ifa->ifa_label, ':');
+		dot = strchr(old, ':');
 		if (dot == NULL) {
 			sprintf(old, ":%d", named);
 			dot = old;