diff --git a/drivers/staging/hv/blkvsc_drv.c b/drivers/staging/hv/blkvsc_drv.c
index 46daade7a9e2c40935fc04ee0774d1cee66d3dc4..bcf562f5ffd340f91dd2c2240496bcadb3cdc393 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/hv/blkvsc_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/hv/blkvsc_drv.c
@@ -824,7 +824,6 @@ static int blkvsc_drv_init(void)
 	BUILD_BUG_ON(sizeof(sector_t) != 8);
 
 	memcpy(&drv->dev_type, &dev_type, sizeof(struct hv_guid));
-	drv->name = drv_name;
 	drv->driver.name = drv_name;
 
 	/* The driver belongs to vmbus */