Index: linux-2.6.20.noarch/drivers/usb/net/usbnet.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.20.noarch.orig/drivers/usb/net/usbnet.c	2007-02-04 13:44:54.000000000 -0500
+++ linux-2.6.20.noarch/drivers/usb/net/usbnet.c	2007-02-18 18:57:05.000000000 -0500
@@ -1182,6 +1182,9 @@
 	// NOTE net->name still not usable ...
 	if (info->bind) {
 		status = info->bind (dev, udev);
+		if (status < 0)
+			goto out1;
+
 		// heuristic:  "usb%d" for links we know are two-host,
 		// else "eth%d" when there's reasonable doubt.  userspace
 		// can rename the link if it knows better.
@@ -1208,12 +1211,12 @@
 	if (status == 0 && dev->status)
 		status = init_status (dev, udev);
 	if (status < 0)
-		goto out1;
+		goto out3;
 
 	if (!dev->rx_urb_size)
 		dev->rx_urb_size = dev->hard_mtu;
 	dev->maxpacket = usb_maxpacket (dev->udev, dev->out, 1);
-	
+
 	SET_NETDEV_DEV(net, &udev->dev);
 	status = register_netdev (net);
 	if (status)