diff --git a/cli/command/container/kill.go b/cli/command/container/kill.go
index e83a580bd7..f1e8d8820e 100644
--- a/cli/command/container/kill.go
+++ b/cli/command/container/kill.go
@@ -26,10 +26,8 @@ func NewKillCommand(dockerCli command.Cli) *cobra.Command {
 		Short: "Kill one or more running containers",
 		Args:  cli.RequiresMinArgs(1),
 		RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
-			for _, name := range args {
-				if !cli.CheckContainerName(name) {
-					return fmt.Errorf("container name %s is invalid", name)
-				}
+			if err := cli.CheckContainerNames(args...); err != nil {
+				return err
 			}
 			opts.containers = args
 			return runKill(dockerCli, &opts)
diff --git a/cli/command/container/rm.go b/cli/command/container/rm.go
index cf0be9c51b..3e738dbcf9 100644
--- a/cli/command/container/rm.go
+++ b/cli/command/container/rm.go
@@ -29,10 +29,8 @@ func NewRmCommand(dockerCli command.Cli) *cobra.Command {
 		Short: "Remove one or more containers",
 		Args:  cli.RequiresMinArgs(1),
 		RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
-			for _, name := range args {
-				if !cli.CheckContainerName(name) {
-					return fmt.Errorf("container name %s is invalid", name)
-				}
+			if err := cli.CheckContainerNames(args...); err != nil {
+				return err
 			}
 			opts.containers = args
 			return runRm(dockerCli, &opts)
diff --git a/cli/command/container/stop.go b/cli/command/container/stop.go
index 13ddcfd5bc..7fd4f11dab 100644
--- a/cli/command/container/stop.go
+++ b/cli/command/container/stop.go
@@ -28,10 +28,8 @@ func NewStopCommand(dockerCli command.Cli) *cobra.Command {
 		Short: "Stop one or more running containers",
 		Args:  cli.RequiresMinArgs(1),
 		RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
-			for _, name := range args {
-				if !cli.CheckContainerName(name) {
-					return fmt.Errorf("container name %s is invalid", name)
-				}
+			if err := cli.CheckContainerNames(args...); err != nil {
+				return err
 			}
 			opts.containers = args
 			opts.timeChanged = cmd.Flags().Changed("time")
diff --git a/cli/names.go b/cli/names.go
index 4b7c687125..aca492093c 100644
--- a/cli/names.go
+++ b/cli/names.go
@@ -1,19 +1,29 @@
 package cli
 
 import (
+	"fmt"
+	"regexp"
 	"strings"
-
-	"github.com/docker/cli/cli/names"
 )
 
 var (
-	validContainerNamePattern = names.RestrictedNamePattern
+	validContainerNamePattern = regexp.MustCompile("^[a-zA-Z0-9][a-zA-Z0-9_.-]+$")
 )
 
 // CheckContainerName check container's name is valid or not
-func CheckContainerName(name string) bool {
-	if len(name) == 0 {
-		return false
+func CheckContainerName(name string) error {
+	if !validContainerNamePattern.MatchString(strings.TrimPrefix(name, "/")) {
+		return fmt.Errorf("container name %s is invalid", name)
 	}
-	return validContainerNamePattern.MatchString(strings.TrimPrefix(name, "/"))
+	return nil
+}
+
+// CheckContainerNames check containers' name is valid or not
+func CheckContainerNames(names ...string) error {
+	for _, name := range names {
+		if err := CheckContainerName(name); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+	}
+	return nil
 }
diff --git a/cli/names/names.go b/cli/names/names.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 1d77e3ab14..0000000000
--- a/cli/names/names.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-package names
-
-import (
-	"regexp"
-)
-
-// RestrictedNameChars collects the characters allowed to represent a name, normally used to validate container and volume names.
-const RestrictedNameChars = `[a-zA-Z0-9][a-zA-Z0-9_.-]`
-
-// RestrictedNamePattern is a regular expression to validate names against the collection of restricted characters.
-var RestrictedNamePattern = regexp.MustCompile(`^` + RestrictedNameChars + `+$`)