1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/base/core.c b/drivers/base/core.c
index 7e8576d7822d..4d59975c24a8 100644
--- a/drivers/base/core.c
+++ b/drivers/base/core.c
@@ -875,7 +875,7 @@ int device_add(struct device *dev)
          * the name, and force the use of dev_name()
          */
         if (dev->init_name) {
-                dev_set_name(dev, dev->init_name);
+                dev_set_name(dev, "%s", dev->init_name);
                 dev->init_name = NULL;
         }
 
@@ -1272,7 +1272,7 @@ struct device *__root_device_register(const char *name, struct module *owner)
         if (!root)
                 return ERR_PTR(err);
 
-        err = dev_set_name(&root->dev, name);
+        err = dev_set_name(&root->dev, "%s", name);
         if (err) {
                 kfree(root);
                 return ERR_PTR(err);