diff --git a/drivers/net/sfc/efx.c b/drivers/net/sfc/efx.c
index 72514005c2a3adf87badf67eddd23a8c34d60441..ad359110813b04b630576e0b445a8b773cf8555c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/sfc/efx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/sfc/efx.c
@@ -2432,7 +2432,7 @@ static struct dev_pm_ops efx_pm_ops = {
 };
 
 static struct pci_driver efx_pci_driver = {
-	.name		= EFX_DRIVER_NAME,
+	.name		= KBUILD_MODNAME,
 	.id_table	= efx_pci_table,
 	.probe		= efx_pci_probe,
 	.remove		= efx_pci_remove,
diff --git a/drivers/net/sfc/ethtool.c b/drivers/net/sfc/ethtool.c
index 27230a992893b7d6819384ea0ea01e3d5409f563..53f3eb20f4ea97b6988eb99e905ab1be5f75958c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/sfc/ethtool.c
+++ b/drivers/net/sfc/ethtool.c
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ static void efx_ethtool_get_drvinfo(struct net_device *net_dev,
 {
 	struct efx_nic *efx = netdev_priv(net_dev);
 
-	strlcpy(info->driver, EFX_DRIVER_NAME, sizeof(info->driver));
+	strlcpy(info->driver, KBUILD_MODNAME, sizeof(info->driver));
 	strlcpy(info->version, EFX_DRIVER_VERSION, sizeof(info->version));
 	if (efx_nic_rev(efx) >= EFX_REV_SIENA_A0)
 		siena_print_fwver(efx, info->fw_version,
diff --git a/drivers/net/sfc/net_driver.h b/drivers/net/sfc/net_driver.h
index 0cca44b4ee449be2306fc81461a38ceee2501eaa..9116dc977abb2fc073c0563884d940aaa779eeea 100644
--- a/drivers/net/sfc/net_driver.h
+++ b/drivers/net/sfc/net_driver.h
@@ -39,9 +39,7 @@
  * Build definitions
  *
  **************************************************************************/
-#ifndef EFX_DRIVER_NAME
-#define EFX_DRIVER_NAME	"sfc"
-#endif
+
 #define EFX_DRIVER_VERSION	"3.0"
 
 #ifdef EFX_ENABLE_DEBUG