diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_pm.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_pm.c
index 4399e2f34db41068dd1769a06af1547b6603a263..0b1caebc6eee274be0ecca69358dcc78d115b644 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_pm.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_pm.c
@@ -490,6 +490,7 @@ nouveau_pm_init(struct drm_device *dev)
 	/* determine current ("boot") performance level */
 	ret = nouveau_pm_perflvl_get(dev, &pm->boot);
 	if (ret == 0) {
+		strncpy(pm->boot.name, "boot", 4);
 		pm->cur = &pm->boot;
 
 		nouveau_pm_perflvl_info(&pm->boot, info, sizeof(info));