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-rw-r--r--src/nm-iface-helper.c15
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/src/nm-iface-helper.c b/src/nm-iface-helper.c
index d26e05665c..33ba269236 100644
--- a/src/nm-iface-helper.c
+++ b/src/nm-iface-helper.c
@@ -34,6 +34,10 @@
#include <sys/stat.h>
#include <signal.h>
+/* Cannot include <net/if.h> due to conflict with <linux/if.h>.
+ * Forward declare if_nametoindex. */
+extern unsigned int if_nametoindex (const char *__ifname);
+
#include "gsystem-local-alloc.h"
#include "NetworkManagerUtils.h"
#include "nm-linux-platform.h"
@@ -391,6 +395,11 @@ main (int argc, char *argv[])
nm_main_utils_ensure_rundir ();
+ ifindex = if_nametoindex (global_opt.ifname);
+ if (ifindex <= 0) {
+ fprintf (stderr, _("Failed to find interface index for %s (%s)\n"), global_opt.ifname, strerror (errno));
+ exit (1);
+ }
pidfile = g_strdup_printf (NMIH_PID_FILE_FMT, ifindex);
nm_main_utils_ensure_not_running_pidfile (pidfile);
@@ -419,12 +428,6 @@ main (int argc, char *argv[])
/* Set up platform interaction layer */
nm_linux_platform_setup ();
- ifindex = nm_platform_link_get_ifindex (global_opt.ifname);
- if (ifindex <= 0) {
- fprintf (stderr, _("Failed to find interface index for %s\n"), global_opt.ifname);
- exit (1);
- }
-
tmp = nm_platform_link_get_address (ifindex, &hwaddr_len);
if (tmp) {
hwaddr = g_byte_array_sized_new (hwaddr_len);