diff --git a/drivers/hid/hid-input.c b/drivers/hid/hid-input.c
index 2158ec766dd59b84db0d7122335097eedacb7d6e..27d8442b017dc0ada05355d5cd577948732be053 100644
--- a/drivers/hid/hid-input.c
+++ b/drivers/hid/hid-input.c
@@ -456,7 +456,9 @@ static int hidinput_setup_battery(struct hid_device *dev, unsigned report_type,
 	if (!psy_desc)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	psy_desc->name = kasprintf(GFP_KERNEL, "hid-%s-battery", dev->uniq);
+	psy_desc->name = kasprintf(GFP_KERNEL, "hid-%s-battery",
+				   strlen(dev->uniq) ?
+					dev->uniq : dev_name(&dev->dev));
 	if (!psy_desc->name) {
 		error = -ENOMEM;
 		goto err_free_mem;