diff --git a/drivers/net/wwan/iosm/iosm_ipc_uevent.c b/drivers/net/wwan/iosm/iosm_ipc_uevent.c
index 2229d752926c675d045bee768ac2e9b6bc88eb9e..d12188ffed7e4f93f488d024f54c153a5079af5b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wwan/iosm/iosm_ipc_uevent.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wwan/iosm/iosm_ipc_uevent.c
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ void ipc_uevent_send(struct device *dev, char *uevent)
 
 	/* Store the device and event information */
 	info->dev = dev;
-	snprintf(info->uevent, MAX_UEVENT_LEN, "%s: %s", dev_name(dev), uevent);
+	snprintf(info->uevent, MAX_UEVENT_LEN, "IOSM_EVENT=%s", uevent);
 
 	/* Schedule uevent in process context using work queue */
 	schedule_work(&info->work);