diff -Nur udev-125.vanilla/udev_device.c udev-125/udev_device.c
--- udev-125.vanilla/udev_device.c	2008-07-18 16:26:55.000000000 +0200
+++ udev-125/udev_device.c	2010-07-25 18:15:12.289242450 +0200
@@ -123,42 +123,7 @@
 	if (retval == 0)
 		kernel_log(ifr);
 	else {
-		int loop;
-
-		/* see if the destination interface name already exists */
-		if (errno != EEXIST) {
-			err("error changing netif name %s to %s: %s\n", ifr.ifr_name, ifr.ifr_newname, strerror(errno));
-			goto exit;
-		}
-
-		/* free our own name, another process may wait for us */
-		strlcpy(ifr.ifr_newname, udev->dev->kernel, IFNAMSIZ);
-		strlcat(ifr.ifr_newname, "_rename", IFNAMSIZ);
-		retval = ioctl(sk, SIOCSIFNAME, &ifr);
-		if (retval != 0) {
-			err("error changing netif name %s to %s: %s\n", ifr.ifr_name, ifr.ifr_newname, strerror(errno));
-			goto exit;
-		}
-
-		/* wait 30 seconds for our target to become available */
-		strlcpy(ifr.ifr_name, ifr.ifr_newname, IFNAMSIZ);
-		strlcpy(ifr.ifr_newname, udev->name, IFNAMSIZ);
-		loop = 30 * 20;
-		while (loop--) {
-			retval = ioctl(sk, SIOCSIFNAME, &ifr);
-			if (retval == 0) {
-				kernel_log(ifr);
-				break;
-			}
-
-			if (errno != EEXIST) {
-				err("error changing net interface name %s to %s: %s\n",
-				    ifr.ifr_name, ifr.ifr_newname, strerror(errno));
-				break;
-			}
-			dbg("wait for netif '%s' to become free, loop=%i\n", udev->name, (30 * 20) - loop);
-			usleep(1000 * 1000 / 20);
-		}
+		err("error changing netif name %s to %s: %s\n", ifr.ifr_name, ifr.ifr_newname, strerror(errno));
 	}
 
 exit: