diff --git a/drivers/rpmsg/qcom_glink_native.c b/drivers/rpmsg/qcom_glink_native.c
index f4f4e392d0d19aebd3a1c479ab4fbf1dee887d6e..07586514991f02c2b1a5d14407743e436d37a2b3 100644
--- a/drivers/rpmsg/qcom_glink_native.c
+++ b/drivers/rpmsg/qcom_glink_native.c
@@ -1715,7 +1715,7 @@ static int qcom_glink_create_chrdev(struct qcom_glink *glink)
 	rpdev->dev.parent = glink->dev;
 	rpdev->dev.release = qcom_glink_device_release;
 
-	return rpmsg_chrdev_register_device(rpdev);
+	return rpmsg_ctrldev_register_device(rpdev);
 }
 
 struct qcom_glink *qcom_glink_native_probe(struct device *dev,
diff --git a/drivers/rpmsg/qcom_smd.c b/drivers/rpmsg/qcom_smd.c
index 595530fcfd7e515396385923598290c0652579a1..764c980507bebba012f8f974df83e1f53bb0b5fc 100644
--- a/drivers/rpmsg/qcom_smd.c
+++ b/drivers/rpmsg/qcom_smd.c
@@ -1113,7 +1113,7 @@ static int qcom_smd_create_chrdev(struct qcom_smd_edge *edge)
 	qsdev->rpdev.dev.parent = &edge->dev;
 	qsdev->rpdev.dev.release = qcom_smd_release_device;
 
-	return rpmsg_chrdev_register_device(&qsdev->rpdev);
+	return rpmsg_ctrldev_register_device(&qsdev->rpdev);
 }
 
 /*
diff --git a/drivers/rpmsg/rpmsg_ctrl.c b/drivers/rpmsg/rpmsg_ctrl.c
index 963e6e81a83fabbe9b3896aa8c0c4b53a35bd696..f43b5e4dbb4c62442be5b10fb97c9ba340ff922f 100644
--- a/drivers/rpmsg/rpmsg_ctrl.c
+++ b/drivers/rpmsg/rpmsg_ctrl.c
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ static struct rpmsg_driver rpmsg_ctrldev_driver = {
 	.probe = rpmsg_ctrldev_probe,
 	.remove = rpmsg_ctrldev_remove,
 	.drv = {
-		.name = "rpmsg_chrdev",
+		.name = "rpmsg_ctrl",
 	},
 };
 
diff --git a/drivers/rpmsg/rpmsg_internal.h b/drivers/rpmsg/rpmsg_internal.h
index 416316200bde594ea2d09ceaed7d11f282eac844..d4b23fd019a8d917dd54a7e80b0f4feb399cfb9e 100644
--- a/drivers/rpmsg/rpmsg_internal.h
+++ b/drivers/rpmsg/rpmsg_internal.h
@@ -86,16 +86,16 @@ struct rpmsg_device *rpmsg_create_channel(struct rpmsg_device *rpdev,
 int rpmsg_release_channel(struct rpmsg_device *rpdev,
 			  struct rpmsg_channel_info *chinfo);
 /**
- * rpmsg_chrdev_register_device() - register chrdev device based on rpdev
+ * rpmsg_ctrldev_register_device() - register a char device for control based on rpdev
  * @rpdev:	prepared rpdev to be used for creating endpoints
  *
  * This function wraps rpmsg_register_device() preparing the rpdev for use as
  * basis for the rpmsg chrdev.
  */
-static inline int rpmsg_chrdev_register_device(struct rpmsg_device *rpdev)
+static inline int rpmsg_ctrldev_register_device(struct rpmsg_device *rpdev)
 {
-	strcpy(rpdev->id.name, "rpmsg_chrdev");
-	rpdev->driver_override = "rpmsg_chrdev";
+	strcpy(rpdev->id.name, "rpmsg_ctrl");
+	rpdev->driver_override = "rpmsg_ctrl";
 
 	return rpmsg_register_device(rpdev);
 }
diff --git a/drivers/rpmsg/virtio_rpmsg_bus.c b/drivers/rpmsg/virtio_rpmsg_bus.c
index ac764e04c898ff951c55eb7cb29c20b72c0b9263..3ede25b1f2e43c85b5ea92141e695b59c35f8450 100644
--- a/drivers/rpmsg/virtio_rpmsg_bus.c
+++ b/drivers/rpmsg/virtio_rpmsg_bus.c
@@ -849,7 +849,7 @@ static struct rpmsg_device *rpmsg_virtio_add_ctrl_dev(struct virtio_device *vdev
 	rpdev_ctrl->dev.release = virtio_rpmsg_release_device;
 	rpdev_ctrl->little_endian = virtio_is_little_endian(vrp->vdev);
 
-	err = rpmsg_chrdev_register_device(rpdev_ctrl);
+	err = rpmsg_ctrldev_register_device(rpdev_ctrl);
 	if (err) {
 		kfree(vch);
 		return ERR_PTR(err);