2 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/base/core.c b/drivers/base/core.c
index d230ff4b3eec..4aa527b8a913 100644
--- a/drivers/base/core.c
+++ b/drivers/base/core.c
@@ -891,7 +891,8 @@ int device_add(struct device *dev)
                 set_dev_node(dev, dev_to_node(parent));
 
         /* first, register with generic layer. */
-        error = kobject_add(&dev->kobj, dev->kobj.parent, "%s", dev_name(dev));
+        /* we require the name to be set before, and pass NULL */
+        error = kobject_add(&dev->kobj, dev->kobj.parent, NULL);
         if (error)
                 goto Error;
 
diff --git a/lib/kobject.c b/lib/kobject.c
index a6dec32f2ddd..bacf6fe4f7a0 100644
--- a/lib/kobject.c
+++ b/lib/kobject.c
@@ -218,6 +218,9 @@ int kobject_set_name_vargs(struct kobject *kobj, const char *fmt,
         const char *old_name = kobj->name;
         char *s;
 
+        if (kobj->name && !fmt)
+                return 0;
+
         kobj->name = kvasprintf(GFP_KERNEL, fmt, vargs);
         if (!kobj->name)
                 return -ENOMEM;