diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_irq.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_irq.c
index 93e677a481f5388f380bc86547297e8f87bddbb0..fc8e5acd9d9af489cdab27e31b2be81078c600db 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_irq.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_irq.c
@@ -196,6 +196,7 @@ int drm_irq_install(struct drm_device *dev)
 {
 	int ret = 0;
 	unsigned long sh_flags = 0;
+	char *irqname;
 
 	if (!drm_core_check_feature(dev, DRIVER_HAVE_IRQ))
 		return -EINVAL;
@@ -227,8 +228,13 @@ int drm_irq_install(struct drm_device *dev)
 	if (drm_core_check_feature(dev, DRIVER_IRQ_SHARED))
 		sh_flags = IRQF_SHARED;
 
+	if (dev->devname)
+		irqname = dev->devname;
+	else
+		irqname = dev->driver->name;
+
 	ret = request_irq(drm_dev_to_irq(dev), dev->driver->irq_handler,
-			  sh_flags, dev->devname, dev);
+			  sh_flags, irqname, dev);
 
 	if (ret < 0) {
 		mutex_lock(&dev->struct_mutex);
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_dma.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_dma.c
index 53d5445526253138a2e572c64e9698054ee5fe8f..0ccb63ee50ee5fea5b2232e6b3b481c108d56f03 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_dma.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_dma.c
@@ -987,12 +987,6 @@ static int i915_load_modeset_init(struct drm_device *dev)
 	int fb_bar = IS_I9XX(dev) ? 2 : 0;
 	int ret = 0;
 
-	dev->devname = kstrdup(DRIVER_NAME, GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!dev->devname) {
-		ret = -ENOMEM;
-		goto out;
-	}
-
 	dev->mode_config.fb_base = drm_get_resource_start(dev, fb_bar) &
 		0xff000000;
 
@@ -1006,7 +1000,7 @@ static int i915_load_modeset_init(struct drm_device *dev)
 
 	ret = i915_probe_agp(dev, &agp_size, &prealloc_size);
 	if (ret)
-		goto kfree_devname;
+		goto out;
 
 	/* Basic memrange allocator for stolen space (aka vram) */
 	drm_mm_init(&dev_priv->vram, 0, prealloc_size);
@@ -1024,7 +1018,7 @@ static int i915_load_modeset_init(struct drm_device *dev)
 
 	ret = i915_gem_init_ringbuffer(dev);
 	if (ret)
-		goto kfree_devname;
+		goto out;
 
 	/* Allow hardware batchbuffers unless told otherwise.
 	 */
@@ -1056,8 +1050,6 @@ static int i915_load_modeset_init(struct drm_device *dev)
 
 destroy_ringbuffer:
 	i915_gem_cleanup_ringbuffer(dev);
-kfree_devname:
-	kfree(dev->devname);
 out:
 	return ret;
 }