diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/vgem/vgem_drv.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/vgem/vgem_drv.c
index 1b4cc8b2708051222b36005c25eb15f129a35161..35ea5d02a827ae04b56b60cde4ea17840093067f 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/vgem/vgem_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/vgem/vgem_drv.c
@@ -260,8 +260,6 @@ static int __init vgem_init(void)
 		goto out;
 	}
 
-	drm_dev_set_unique(vgem_device, "vgem");
-
 	ret  = drm_dev_register(vgem_device, 0);
 
 	if (ret)