From cdead3747fd9529d522ebf8fa42a00982d15575d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Siteshwar Vashisht <svashisht@redhat.com>
Date: Wed, 9 Sep 2026 11:38:11 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] network/netdev: add a `NULL` check

... for `netdev->ifname`.
---
 src/network/netdev/netdev.c | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/src/network/netdev/netdev.c b/src/network/netdev/netdev.c
index 74b036a7ad..e49d142c3b 100644
--- a/src/network/netdev/netdev.c
+++ b/src/network/netdev/netdev.c
@@ -464,6 +464,7 @@ int netdev_set_ifindex_internal(NetDev *netdev, int ifindex) {
 
 static int netdev_set_ifindex_impl(NetDev *netdev, const char *name, int ifindex) {
         assert(netdev);
+        assert(netdev->ifname);
         assert(name);
         assert(ifindex > 0);