diff --git a/src/devices/nm-device-factory.c b/src/devices/nm-device-factory.c
index 232e69ef2c..1c1d5eaa78 100644
--- a/src/devices/nm-device-factory.c
+++ b/src/devices/nm-device-factory.c
@@ -143,14 +143,6 @@ nm_device_factory_get_connection_iface (NMDeviceFactory *factory,
 		return NULL;
 	}
 
-	if (!nm_utils_is_valid_iface_name (ifname, error)) {
-		g_prefix_error (error,
-		                "failed to determine interface name: name \"%s\" is invalid",
-		                ifname);
-		g_free (ifname);
-		return NULL;
-	}
-
 	return ifname;
 }