diff -r 792892ab4806 -r 827abf3c50de master/ethernet.c
--- a/master/ethernet.c	Tue Oct 28 16:54:59 2014 +0100
+++ b/master/ethernet.c	Thu May 07 15:53:42 2015 +0200
@@ -148,7 +148,13 @@
 
     snprintf(eoe->datagram.name, EC_DATAGRAM_NAME_SIZE, name);
 
-    if (!(eoe->dev = alloc_netdev(sizeof(ec_eoe_t *), name, ether_setup))) {
+#if LINUX_VERSION_CODE >= KERNEL_VERSION(3, 17, 0)
+    eoe->dev = alloc_netdev(sizeof(ec_eoe_t *), name, NET_NAME_UNKNOWN,
+            ether_setup);
+#else
+    eoe->dev = alloc_netdev(sizeof(ec_eoe_t *), name, ether_setup);
+#endif
+    if (!eoe->dev) {
         EC_SLAVE_ERR(slave, "Unable to allocate net_device %s"
                 " for EoE handler!\n", name);
         ret = -ENODEV;