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-rw-r--r--net/batman-adv/hard-interface.c12
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/net/batman-adv/hard-interface.c b/net/batman-adv/hard-interface.c
index b99f64f483fc..a638f35598f0 100644
--- a/net/batman-adv/hard-interface.c
+++ b/net/batman-adv/hard-interface.c
@@ -725,17 +725,9 @@ int batadv_hardif_enable_interface(struct batadv_hard_iface *hard_iface,
kref_get(&hard_iface->refcount);
soft_iface = dev_get_by_name(net, iface_name);
-
if (!soft_iface) {
- soft_iface = batadv_softif_create(net, iface_name);
-
- if (!soft_iface) {
- ret = -ENOMEM;
- goto err;
- }
-
- /* dev_get_by_name() increases the reference counter for us */
- dev_hold(soft_iface);
+ ret = -EINVAL;
+ goto err;
}
if (!batadv_softif_is_valid(soft_iface)) {