1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/extcon/extcon-class.c b/drivers/extcon/extcon-class.c
index 18ccadef43fd..1446152bf2e9 100644
--- a/drivers/extcon/extcon-class.c
+++ b/drivers/extcon/extcon-class.c
@@ -602,7 +602,8 @@ int extcon_dev_register(struct extcon_dev *edev, struct device *dev)
         edev->dev->class = extcon_class;
         edev->dev->release = extcon_dev_release;
 
-        dev_set_name(edev->dev, "%s", edev->name ? edev->name : dev_name(dev));
+        edev->name = edev->name ? edev->name : dev_name(dev);
+        dev_set_name(edev->dev, "%s", edev->name);
 
         if (edev->max_supported) {
                 char buf[10];