diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index 9b04a9fd1dfd..969462ebb296 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -1027,7 +1027,7 @@ bool dev_valid_name(const char *name)
 {
 	if (*name == '\0')
 		return false;
-	if (strlen(name) >= IFNAMSIZ)
+	if (strnlen(name, IFNAMSIZ) == IFNAMSIZ)
 		return false;
 	if (!strcmp(name, ".") || !strcmp(name, ".."))
 		return false;