1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/power/gpio-charger.c b/drivers/power/gpio-charger.c
index 8458cafcd2b2..43078e34428a 100644
--- a/drivers/power/gpio-charger.c
+++ b/drivers/power/gpio-charger.c
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ static int __devinit gpio_charger_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 
         charger = &gpio_charger->charger;
 
-        charger->name = pdata->name;
+        charger->name = pdata->name ? pdata->name : "gpio-charger";
         charger->type = pdata->type;
         charger->properties = gpio_charger_properties;
         charger->num_properties = ARRAY_SIZE(gpio_charger_properties);