diff --git a/drivers/leds/trigger/ledtrig-netdev.c b/drivers/leds/trigger/ledtrig-netdev.c
index 58f3352539e8..e358e77e4b38 100644
--- a/drivers/leds/trigger/ledtrig-netdev.c
+++ b/drivers/leds/trigger/ledtrig-netdev.c
@@ -221,6 +221,9 @@ static ssize_t device_name_show(struct device *dev,
 static int set_device_name(struct led_netdev_data *trigger_data,
 			   const char *name, size_t size)
 {
+	if (size >= IFNAMSIZ)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
 	cancel_delayed_work_sync(&trigger_data->work);
 
 	mutex_lock(&trigger_data->lock);
@@ -263,9 +266,6 @@ static ssize_t device_name_store(struct device *dev,
 	struct led_netdev_data *trigger_data = led_trigger_get_drvdata(dev);
 	int ret;
 
-	if (size >= IFNAMSIZ)
-		return -EINVAL;
-
 	ret = set_device_name(trigger_data, buf, size);
 
 	if (ret < 0)