--- fd4c1e78154c65e77b9db32bf94999ec3423d0a8
+++ 49e37821e13cd124b10a7e5fc4b0b53c7c0ef2bf
@@ -1037,13 +1037,21 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(netdev_bonding_change);
 void dev_load(struct net *net, const char *name)
 {
 	struct net_device *dev;
+	int no_module;
 
 	read_lock(&dev_base_lock);
 	dev = __dev_get_by_name(net, name);
 	read_unlock(&dev_base_lock);
 
-	if (!dev && capable(CAP_NET_ADMIN))
-		request_module("%s", name);
+	no_module = !dev;
+	if (no_module && capable(CAP_NET_ADMIN))
+		no_module = request_module("netdev-%s", name);
+	if (no_module && capable(CAP_SYS_MODULE)) {
+		if (!request_module("%s", name))
+			pr_err("Loading kernel module for a network device "
+"with CAP_SYS_MODULE (deprecated).  Use CAP_NET_ADMIN and alias netdev-%s "
+"instead\n", name);
+	}
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(dev_load);