diff -Naur udev-141.org/udev/udev-event.c udev-141/udev/udev-event.c
--- udev-141.org/udev/udev-event.c	2009-02-24 15:08:35.000000000 +0100
+++ udev-141/udev/udev-event.c	2012-10-30 12:27:00.262833136 +0100
@@ -486,45 +486,8 @@
 	if (err == 0)
 		rename_netif_kernel_log(ifr);
 	else {
-		int loop;
-
-		/* see if the destination interface name already exists */
-		if (errno != EEXIST) {
-			err(event->udev, "error changing netif name %s to %s: %m\n",
-			    ifr.ifr_name, ifr.ifr_newname);
-			goto exit;
-		}
-
-		/* free our own name, another process may wait for us */
-		util_strlcpy(ifr.ifr_newname, udev_device_get_sysname(dev), IFNAMSIZ);
-		util_strlcat(ifr.ifr_newname, "_rename", IFNAMSIZ);
-		err = ioctl(sk, SIOCSIFNAME, &ifr);
-		if (err != 0) {
-			err(event->udev, "error changing netif name %s to %s: %m\n",
+		err(event->udev, "error changing netif name %s to %s: %m\n",
 			    ifr.ifr_name, ifr.ifr_newname);
-			goto exit;
-		}
-
-		/* wait 90 seconds for our target to become available */
-		util_strlcpy(ifr.ifr_name, ifr.ifr_newname, IFNAMSIZ);
-		util_strlcpy(ifr.ifr_newname, event->name, IFNAMSIZ);
-		loop = 90 * 20;
-		while (loop--) {
-			err = ioctl(sk, SIOCSIFNAME, &ifr);
-			if (err == 0) {
-				rename_netif_kernel_log(ifr);
-				break;
-			}
-
-			if (errno != EEXIST) {
-				err(event->udev, "error changing net interface name %s to %s: %m\n",
-				    ifr.ifr_name, ifr.ifr_newname);
-				break;
-			}
-			dbg(event->udev, "wait for netif '%s' to become free, loop=%i\n",
-			    event->name, (90 * 20) - loop);
-			usleep(1000 * 1000 / 20);
-		}
 	}
 exit:
 	close(sk);