diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index ccff2b6ef958..85df22f05c38 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@
  */
 
 #include <linux/uaccess.h>
-#include <linux/bitops.h>
+#include <linux/bitmap.h>
 #include <linux/capability.h>
 #include <linux/cpu.h>
 #include <linux/types.h>
@@ -1080,7 +1080,7 @@ static int __dev_alloc_name(struct net *net, const char *name, char *buf)
 			return -EINVAL;
 
 		/* Use one page as a bit array of possible slots */
-		inuse = (unsigned long *) get_zeroed_page(GFP_ATOMIC);
+		inuse = bitmap_zalloc(max_netdevices, GFP_ATOMIC);
 		if (!inuse)
 			return -ENOMEM;
 
@@ -1109,7 +1109,7 @@ static int __dev_alloc_name(struct net *net, const char *name, char *buf)
 		}
 
 		i = find_first_zero_bit(inuse, max_netdevices);
-		free_page((unsigned long) inuse);
+		bitmap_free(inuse);
 	}
 
 	snprintf(buf, IFNAMSIZ, name, i);