diff --git a/net/core/net-sysfs.c b/net/core/net-sysfs.c
index afd42d717320..6ac29a46e23e 100644
--- a/net/core/net-sysfs.c
+++ b/net/core/net-sysfs.c
@@ -427,6 +427,9 @@ static int netdev_uevent(struct device *d, struct kobj_uevent_env *env)
 	struct net_device *dev = to_net_dev(d);
 	int retval;
 
+	if (!net_eq(dev_net(dev), &init_net))
+		return 0;
+
 	/* pass interface to uevent. */
 	retval = add_uevent_var(env, "INTERFACE=%s", dev->name);
 	if (retval)