diff --git a/net/core/pktgen.c b/net/core/pktgen.c
index 6eb8d47..54c634f 100644
--- a/net/core/pktgen.c
+++ b/net/core/pktgen.c
@@ -363,6 +363,7 @@
 				  * device name (not when the inject is
 				  * started as it used to do.)
 				  */
+	char odevname[32];
 	struct flow_state *flows;
 	unsigned cflows;	/* Concurrent flows (config) */
 	unsigned lflow;		/* Flow length  (config) */
@@ -528,7 +529,7 @@
 	seq_printf(seq,
 		   "     frags: %d  delay: %llu  clone_skb: %d  ifname: %s\n",
 		   pkt_dev->nfrags, (unsigned long long) pkt_dev->delay,
-		   pkt_dev->clone_skb, pkt_dev->odev->name);
+		   pkt_dev->clone_skb, pkt_dev->odevname);
 
 	seq_printf(seq, "     flows: %u flowlen: %u\n", pkt_dev->cflows,
 		   pkt_dev->lflow);
@@ -1688,13 +1689,13 @@
 	if_lock(t);
 	list_for_each_entry(pkt_dev, &t->if_list, list)
 		if (pkt_dev->running)
-			seq_printf(seq, "%s ", pkt_dev->odev->name);
+			seq_printf(seq, "%s ", pkt_dev->odevname);
 
 	seq_printf(seq, "\nStopped: ");
 
 	list_for_each_entry(pkt_dev, &t->if_list, list)
 		if (!pkt_dev->running)
-			seq_printf(seq, "%s ", pkt_dev->odev->name);
+			seq_printf(seq, "%s ", pkt_dev->odevname);
 
 	if (t->result[0])
 		seq_printf(seq, "\nResult: %s\n", t->result);
@@ -1994,7 +1995,7 @@
 		       "queue_map_min (zero-based) (%d) exceeds valid range "
 		       "[0 - %d] for (%d) queues on %s, resetting\n",
 		       pkt_dev->queue_map_min, (ntxq ?: 1) - 1, ntxq,
-		       pkt_dev->odev->name);
+		       pkt_dev->odevname);
 		pkt_dev->queue_map_min = ntxq - 1;
 	}
 	if (pkt_dev->queue_map_max >= ntxq) {
@@ -2002,7 +2003,7 @@
 		       "queue_map_max (zero-based) (%d) exceeds valid range "
 		       "[0 - %d] for (%d) queues on %s, resetting\n",
 		       pkt_dev->queue_map_max, (ntxq ?: 1) - 1, ntxq,
-		       pkt_dev->odev->name);
+		       pkt_dev->odevname);
 		pkt_dev->queue_map_max = ntxq - 1;
 	}
 
@@ -3262,7 +3263,7 @@
 
 	if (!pkt_dev->running) {
 		printk(KERN_WARNING "pktgen: interface: %s is already "
-		       "stopped\n", pkt_dev->odev->name);
+		       "stopped\n", pkt_dev->odevname);
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
@@ -3464,7 +3465,7 @@
 	default: /* Drivers are not supposed to return other values! */
 		if (net_ratelimit())
 			pr_info("pktgen: %s xmit error: %d\n",
-				odev->name, ret);
+				pkt_dev->odevname, ret);
 		pkt_dev->errors++;
 		/* fallthru */
 	case NETDEV_TX_LOCKED:
@@ -3572,7 +3573,7 @@
 	if_lock(t);
 
 	list_for_each_entry(p, &t->if_list, list)
-		if (strncmp(p->odev->name, ifname, IFNAMSIZ) == 0) {
+		if (strncmp(p->odevname, ifname, IFNAMSIZ) == 0) {
 			pkt_dev = p;
 			break;
 		}
@@ -3628,6 +3629,7 @@
 	if (!pkt_dev)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
+	strcpy(pkt_dev->odevname, ifname);
 	pkt_dev->flows = vmalloc(MAX_CFLOWS * sizeof(struct flow_state));
 	if (pkt_dev->flows == NULL) {
 		kfree(pkt_dev);