diff --git a/drivers/devfreq/devfreq.c b/drivers/devfreq/devfreq.c
index 8122d0e0d4c4..06a981c72246 100644
--- a/drivers/devfreq/devfreq.c
+++ b/drivers/devfreq/devfreq.c
@@ -600,7 +600,6 @@ struct devfreq *devfreq_add_device(struct device *dev,
 {
 	struct devfreq *devfreq;
 	struct devfreq_governor *governor;
-	static atomic_t devfreq_no = ATOMIC_INIT(-1);
 	int err = 0;
 
 	if (!dev || !profile || !governor_name) {
@@ -661,8 +660,7 @@ struct devfreq *devfreq_add_device(struct device *dev,
 	}
 	devfreq->max_freq = devfreq->scaling_max_freq;
 
-	dev_set_name(&devfreq->dev, "devfreq%d",
-				atomic_inc_return(&devfreq_no));
+	dev_set_name(&devfreq->dev, "%s", dev_name(dev));
 	err = device_register(&devfreq->dev);
 	if (err) {
 		mutex_unlock(&devfreq->lock);