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diff --git a/drivers/base/core.c b/drivers/base/core.c
index f861c2b1dc..ee0a51a3a4 100644
--- a/drivers/base/core.c
+++ b/drivers/base/core.c
@@ -759,6 +759,22 @@ static void device_remove_class_symlinks(struct device *dev)
 	sysfs_remove_link(&dev->kobj, "subsystem");
 }
 
+/**
+ * dev_set_name - set a device name
+ * @dev: device
+ * @fmt: format string for the device's name
+ */
+int dev_set_name(struct device *dev, const char *fmt, ...)
+{
+	va_list vargs;
+
+	va_start(vargs, fmt);
+	vsnprintf(dev->bus_id, sizeof(dev->bus_id), fmt, vargs);
+	va_end(vargs);
+	return 0;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(dev_set_name);
+
 /**
  * device_add - add device to device hierarchy.
  * @dev: device.
@@ -1291,13 +1307,11 @@ int device_rename(struct device *dev, char *new_name)
 	}
 #else
 	if (dev->class) {
-		sysfs_remove_link(&dev->class->subsys.kobj, old_device_name);
 		error = sysfs_create_link(&dev->class->subsys.kobj, &dev->kobj,
 					  dev->bus_id);
-		if (error) {
-			dev_err(dev, "%s: sysfs_create_symlink failed (%d)\n",
-				__func__, error);
-		}
+		if (error)
+			goto out;
+		sysfs_remove_link(&dev->class->subsys.kobj, old_device_name);
 	}
 #endif