diff --git a/sound/aoa/soundbus/core.c b/sound/aoa/soundbus/core.c
index f84f3e505788f36d0ecaee4eb33b13cf60263383..fa8ab2815a982676d1f3a0ef3c47ebcec8f3ee39 100644
--- a/sound/aoa/soundbus/core.c
+++ b/sound/aoa/soundbus/core.c
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ int soundbus_add_one(struct soundbus_dev *dev)
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
-	snprintf(dev->ofdev.dev.bus_id, BUS_ID_SIZE, "soundbus:%x", ++devcount);
+	dev_set_name(&dev->ofdev.dev, "soundbus:%x", ++devcount);
 	dev->ofdev.dev.bus = &soundbus_bus_type;
 	return of_device_register(&dev->ofdev);
 }
diff --git a/sound/drivers/ml403-ac97cr.c b/sound/drivers/ml403-ac97cr.c
index ecdbeb6d36033af8a9be9ee69dc0c9896f78cf82..7783843ca9ae95ce9dd2acee69eb970acd914348 100644
--- a/sound/drivers/ml403-ac97cr.c
+++ b/sound/drivers/ml403-ac97cr.c
@@ -1153,7 +1153,7 @@ snd_ml403_ac97cr_create(struct snd_card *card, struct platform_device *pfdev,
 	/* get irq */
 	irq = platform_get_irq(pfdev, 0);
 	if (request_irq(irq, snd_ml403_ac97cr_irq, IRQF_DISABLED,
-			pfdev->dev.bus_id, (void *)ml403_ac97cr)) {
+			dev_name(&pfdev->dev), (void *)ml403_ac97cr)) {
 		snd_printk(KERN_ERR SND_ML403_AC97CR_DRIVER ": "
 			   "unable to grab IRQ %d\n",
 			   irq);
@@ -1166,7 +1166,7 @@ snd_ml403_ac97cr_create(struct snd_card *card, struct platform_device *pfdev,
 		   ml403_ac97cr->irq);
 	irq = platform_get_irq(pfdev, 1);
 	if (request_irq(irq, snd_ml403_ac97cr_irq, IRQF_DISABLED,
-			pfdev->dev.bus_id, (void *)ml403_ac97cr)) {
+			dev_name(&pfdev->dev), (void *)ml403_ac97cr)) {
 		snd_printk(KERN_ERR SND_ML403_AC97CR_DRIVER ": "
 			   "unable to grab IRQ %d\n",
 			   irq);
diff --git a/sound/soc/soc-core.c b/sound/soc/soc-core.c
index 462e635dfc74bc084f2c140480c4e6fe8e8cd7cc..0af3bbde5bbe30f0cb359050d131f27ae1a55859 100644
--- a/sound/soc/soc-core.c
+++ b/sound/soc/soc-core.c
@@ -95,8 +95,8 @@ static int soc_ac97_dev_register(struct snd_soc_codec *codec)
 	codec->ac97->dev.parent = NULL;
 	codec->ac97->dev.release = soc_ac97_device_release;
 
-	snprintf(codec->ac97->dev.bus_id, BUS_ID_SIZE, "%d-%d:%s",
-		 codec->card->number, 0, codec->name);
+	dev_set_name(&codec->ac97->dev, "%d-%d:%s",
+		     codec->card->number, 0, codec->name);
 	err = device_register(&codec->ac97->dev);
 	if (err < 0) {
 		snd_printk(KERN_ERR "Can't register ac97 bus\n");