diff --git a/drivers/staging/most/core.c b/drivers/staging/most/core.c
index 52ad627229962ade093bf0dc4396626a2f9514de..25a077f4ea94d30e13622bfc5d83754b1f1c2af7 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/most/core.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/most/core.c
@@ -1412,7 +1412,7 @@ int most_register_interface(struct most_interface *iface)
 
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&iface->p->channel_list);
 	iface->p->dev_id = id;
-	snprintf(iface->p->name, STRING_SIZE, "mdev%d", id);
+	strcpy(iface->p->name, iface->description);
 	iface->dev.init_name = iface->p->name;
 	iface->dev.bus = &mc.bus;
 	iface->dev.parent = &mc.dev;