diff --git a/net/devres.c b/net/devres.c
index 57a6a88d11f6..1f9be2133787 100644
--- a/net/devres.c
+++ b/net/devres.c
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ struct net_device *devm_alloc_etherdev_mqs(struct device *dev, int sizeof_priv,
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(devm_alloc_etherdev_mqs);
 
-static void devm_netdev_release(struct device *dev, void *this)
+static void devm_unregister_netdev(struct device *dev, void *this)
 {
 	struct net_device_devres *res = this;
 
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ int devm_register_netdev(struct device *dev, struct net_device *ndev)
 				 netdev_devres_match, ndev)))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	dr = devres_alloc(devm_netdev_release, sizeof(*dr), GFP_KERNEL);
+	dr = devres_alloc(devm_unregister_netdev, sizeof(*dr), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!dr)
 		return -ENOMEM;