diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index ad20bebe153f..add22ca0dff9 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -11509,6 +11509,7 @@ static struct pernet_operations __net_initdata netdev_net_ops = {
 
 static void __net_exit default_device_exit_net(struct net *net)
 {
+	struct netdev_name_node *name_node, *tmp;
 	struct net_device *dev, *aux;
 	/*
 	 * Push all migratable network devices back to the
@@ -11531,6 +11532,14 @@ static void __net_exit default_device_exit_net(struct net *net)
 		snprintf(fb_name, IFNAMSIZ, "dev%d", dev->ifindex);
 		if (netdev_name_in_use(&init_net, fb_name))
 			snprintf(fb_name, IFNAMSIZ, "dev%%d");
+
+		netdev_for_each_altname_safe(dev, name_node, tmp)
+			if (netdev_name_in_use(&init_net, name_node->name)) {
+				netdev_name_node_del(name_node);
+				synchronize_rcu();
+				__netdev_name_node_alt_destroy(name_node);
+			}
+
 		err = dev_change_net_namespace(dev, &init_net, fb_name);
 		if (err) {
 			pr_emerg("%s: failed to move %s to init_net: %d\n",
diff --git a/net/core/dev.h b/net/core/dev.h
index 5aa45f0fd4ae..3f5eb92396b6 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.h
+++ b/net/core/dev.h
@@ -64,6 +64,9 @@ int dev_change_name(struct net_device *dev, const char *newname);
 
 #define netdev_for_each_altname(dev, namenode)				\
 	list_for_each_entry((namenode), &(dev)->name_node->list, list)
+#define netdev_for_each_altname_safe(dev, namenode, next)		\
+	list_for_each_entry_safe((namenode), (next), &(dev)->name_node->list, \
+				 list)
 
 int netdev_name_node_alt_create(struct net_device *dev, const char *name);
 int netdev_name_node_alt_destroy(struct net_device *dev, const char *name);