diff --git a/include/exec/memory.h b/include/exec/memory.h
index d165b278cb4421e3fbe3ad9b30aefe4f9c5bf586..10f73d9e4adc21b96f1d30b1eb1489fd70e3e4c5 100644
--- a/include/exec/memory.h
+++ b/include/exec/memory.h
@@ -162,7 +162,6 @@ struct MemoryRegion {
     QTAILQ_HEAD(subregions, MemoryRegion) subregions;
     QTAILQ_ENTRY(MemoryRegion) subregions_link;
     QTAILQ_HEAD(coalesced_ranges, CoalescedMemoryRange) coalesced;
-    const char *name;
     uint8_t dirty_log_mask;
     unsigned ioeventfd_nb;
     MemoryRegionIoeventfd *ioeventfds;
diff --git a/memory.c b/memory.c
index b6b208fa9572713aec4108013a83bfdba2ca62c4..8da29af6723526dc2e9a4e29b24287b352638fab 100644
--- a/memory.c
+++ b/memory.c
@@ -915,7 +915,6 @@ void memory_region_init(MemoryRegion *mr,
     if (size == UINT64_MAX) {
         mr->size = int128_2_64();
     }
-    mr->name = g_strdup(name);
 
     if (name) {
         object_property_add_child_array(owner, name, OBJECT(mr));
@@ -1260,7 +1259,6 @@ static void memory_region_finalize(Object *obj)
     assert(memory_region_transaction_depth == 0);
     mr->destructor(mr);
     memory_region_clear_coalescing(mr);
-    g_free((char *)mr->name);
     g_free(mr->ioeventfds);
 }
 
@@ -1310,7 +1308,7 @@ uint64_t memory_region_size(MemoryRegion *mr)
 
 const char *memory_region_name(const MemoryRegion *mr)
 {
-    return mr->name;
+    return object_get_canonical_path_component(OBJECT(mr));
 }
 
 bool memory_region_is_ram(MemoryRegion *mr)