diff --git a/sound/soc/codecs/wm8988.c b/sound/soc/codecs/wm8988.c
index 2470321a0eeaf19757bd583364a1fe97c6a40a6e..6cdf6a2bc28304db51b59128584689bfcc29139c 100644
--- a/sound/soc/codecs/wm8988.c
+++ b/sound/soc/codecs/wm8988.c
@@ -963,7 +963,7 @@ MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(i2c, wm8988_i2c_id);
 
 static struct i2c_driver wm8988_i2c_driver = {
 	.driver = {
-		.name = "wm8988-codec",
+		.name = "wm8988",
 		.owner = THIS_MODULE,
 	},
 	.probe =    wm8988_i2c_probe,