diff --git a/drivers/mtd/devices/m25p80.c b/drivers/mtd/devices/m25p80.c
index e84563d2067f4fe28c1f0ed21defda049323dd36..aac48800821627b6bf44ecef1216412321182be8 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/devices/m25p80.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/devices/m25p80.c
@@ -202,6 +202,9 @@ static int m25p_probe(struct spi_mem *spimem)
 	if (data && data->name)
 		nor->mtd.name = data->name;
 
+	if (!nor->mtd.name)
+		nor->mtd.name = spi_mem_get_name(spimem);
+
 	/* For some (historical?) reason many platforms provide two different
 	 * names in flash_platform_data: "name" and "type". Quite often name is
 	 * set to "m25p80" and then "type" provides a real chip name.