diff --git a/drivers/staging/zram/zram_drv.c b/drivers/staging/zram/zram_drv.c
index 77a3f0dfba770821ebe8aef3ce3229bfa1163078..941b7c62ea2000e8dba0aa5919d0525412f28213 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/zram/zram_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/zram/zram_drv.c
@@ -575,7 +575,7 @@ int zram_init_device(struct zram *zram)
 	/* zram devices sort of resembles non-rotational disks */
 	queue_flag_set_unlocked(QUEUE_FLAG_NONROT, zram->disk->queue);
 
-	zram->mem_pool = zs_create_pool("zram", GFP_NOIO | __GFP_HIGHMEM);
+	zram->mem_pool = zs_create_pool(GFP_NOIO | __GFP_HIGHMEM);
 	if (!zram->mem_pool) {
 		pr_err("Error creating memory pool\n");
 		ret = -ENOMEM;
diff --git a/drivers/staging/zsmalloc/zsmalloc-main.c b/drivers/staging/zsmalloc/zsmalloc-main.c
index 4666609fa65eec8d033080e6142232f7f1a94a3f..06f73a93a44d2a5481f34c2b26c833c748a1a07d 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/zsmalloc/zsmalloc-main.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/zsmalloc/zsmalloc-main.c
@@ -207,7 +207,6 @@ struct zs_pool {
 	struct size_class size_class[ZS_SIZE_CLASSES];
 
 	gfp_t flags;	/* allocation flags used when growing pool */
-	const char *name;
 };
 
 /*
@@ -798,8 +797,7 @@ static int zs_init(void)
 
 /**
  * zs_create_pool - Creates an allocation pool to work from.
- * @name: name of the pool to be created
- * @flags: allocation flags used when growing pool
+ * @flags: allocation flags used to allocate pool metadata
  *
  * This function must be called before anything when using
  * the zsmalloc allocator.
@@ -807,14 +805,11 @@ static int zs_init(void)
  * On success, a pointer to the newly created pool is returned,
  * otherwise NULL.
  */
-struct zs_pool *zs_create_pool(const char *name, gfp_t flags)
+struct zs_pool *zs_create_pool(gfp_t flags)
 {
 	int i, ovhd_size;
 	struct zs_pool *pool;
 
-	if (!name)
-		return NULL;
-
 	ovhd_size = roundup(sizeof(*pool), PAGE_SIZE);
 	pool = kzalloc(ovhd_size, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!pool)
@@ -837,7 +832,6 @@ struct zs_pool *zs_create_pool(const char *name, gfp_t flags)
 	}
 
 	pool->flags = flags;
-	pool->name = name;
 
 	return pool;
 }
diff --git a/drivers/staging/zsmalloc/zsmalloc.h b/drivers/staging/zsmalloc/zsmalloc.h
index de2e8bfbcc0622aedbf732974792f6da55153718..46dbd0558d86cccfb5a62d40915d764783525a92 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/zsmalloc/zsmalloc.h
+++ b/drivers/staging/zsmalloc/zsmalloc.h
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ enum zs_mapmode {
 
 struct zs_pool;
 
-struct zs_pool *zs_create_pool(const char *name, gfp_t flags);
+struct zs_pool *zs_create_pool(gfp_t flags);
 void zs_destroy_pool(struct zs_pool *pool);
 
 unsigned long zs_malloc(struct zs_pool *pool, size_t size);