diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index af53f6d838ce..0bdc6bf758f3 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -11181,17 +11181,19 @@ int __dev_change_net_namespace(struct net_device *dev, struct net *net,
 	dev_net_set(dev, net);
 	dev->ifindex = new_ifindex;
 
-	/* Send a netdev-add uevent to the new namespace */
-	kobject_uevent(&dev->dev.kobj, KOBJ_ADD);
-	netdev_adjacent_add_links(dev);
-
 	if (new_name[0]) /* Rename the netdev to prepared name */
 		strscpy(dev->name, new_name, IFNAMSIZ);
 
 	/* Fixup kobjects */
+	dev_set_uevent_suppress(&dev->dev, 1);
 	err = device_rename(&dev->dev, dev->name);
+	dev_set_uevent_suppress(&dev->dev, 0);
 	WARN_ON(err);
 
+	/* Send a netdev-add uevent to the new namespace */
+	kobject_uevent(&dev->dev.kobj, KOBJ_ADD);
+	netdev_adjacent_add_links(dev);
+
 	/* Adapt owner in case owning user namespace of target network
 	 * namespace is different from the original one.
 	 */