diff --git a/drivers/pci/hotplug/shpchp.h b/drivers/pci/hotplug/shpchp.h
index 1e6d354fff38b15f4b70fff81e2429e01d1ce7d2..dc12b0dbb9b2b800ecd6eacd54f40f176b02f1a0 100644
--- a/drivers/pci/hotplug/shpchp.h
+++ b/drivers/pci/hotplug/shpchp.h
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ extern int shpchp_debug;
 #define info(format, arg...) printk(KERN_INFO "%s: " format, MY_NAME , ## arg)
 #define warn(format, arg...) printk(KERN_WARNING "%s: " format, MY_NAME , ## arg)
 
+#define SLOT_NAME_SIZE 10
 struct slot {
 	u8 bus;
 	u8 device;
@@ -68,6 +69,7 @@ struct slot {
 	struct hpc_ops *hpc_ops;
 	struct hotplug_slot *hotplug_slot;
 	struct list_head	slot_list;
+	char name[SLOT_NAME_SIZE];
 };
 
 struct event_info {
diff --git a/drivers/pci/hotplug/shpchp_core.c b/drivers/pci/hotplug/shpchp_core.c
index 4161da4bf4ba681980e46c7fc6c6980df963ad1a..cb4ac43ea95cf1b0e26a0999a2810bf3570663cf 100644
--- a/drivers/pci/hotplug/shpchp_core.c
+++ b/drivers/pci/hotplug/shpchp_core.c
@@ -94,12 +94,10 @@ static void release_slot(struct hotplug_slot *hotplug_slot)
 	dbg("%s - physical_slot = %s\n", __FUNCTION__, hotplug_slot->name);
 
 	kfree(slot->hotplug_slot->info);
-	kfree(slot->hotplug_slot->name);
 	kfree(slot->hotplug_slot);
 	kfree(slot);
 }
 
-#define SLOT_NAME_SIZE 10
 static void make_slot_name(struct slot *slot)
 {
 	snprintf(slot->hotplug_slot->name, SLOT_NAME_SIZE, "%04d_%04d",
@@ -111,7 +109,6 @@ static int init_slots(struct controller *ctrl)
 	struct slot *slot;
 	struct hotplug_slot *hotplug_slot;
 	struct hotplug_slot_info *info;
-	char *name;
 	int retval = -ENOMEM;
 	int i;
 	u32 sun;
@@ -131,10 +128,7 @@ static int init_slots(struct controller *ctrl)
 			goto error_hpslot;
 		hotplug_slot->info = info;
 
-		name = kmalloc(SLOT_NAME_SIZE, GFP_KERNEL);
-		if (!name)
-			goto error_info;
-		hotplug_slot->name = name;
+		hotplug_slot->name = slot->name;
 
 		slot->hp_slot = i;
 		slot->ctrl = ctrl;
@@ -144,7 +138,7 @@ static int init_slots(struct controller *ctrl)
 
 		if (shpchprm_get_physical_slot_number(ctrl, &sun,
 						      slot->bus, slot->device))
-			goto error_name;
+			goto error_info;
 
 		slot->number = sun;
 
@@ -165,15 +159,13 @@ static int init_slots(struct controller *ctrl)
 		retval = pci_hp_register(slot->hotplug_slot);
 		if (retval) {
 			err("pci_hp_register failed with error %d\n", retval);
-			goto error_name;
+			goto error_info;
 		}
 
 		list_add(&slot->slot_list, &ctrl->slot_list);
 	}
 
 	return 0;
-error_name:
-	kfree(name);
 error_info:
 	kfree(info);
 error_hpslot: