diff --git a/drivers/interconnect/core.c b/drivers/interconnect/core.c
index f30a326dc7ce..4f9bdb7f9165 100644
--- a/drivers/interconnect/core.c
+++ b/drivers/interconnect/core.c
@@ -356,9 +356,17 @@ struct icc_path *of_icc_get(struct device *dev, const char *name)
 
 	mutex_lock(&icc_lock);
 	path = path_find(dev, src_node, dst_node);
-	if (IS_ERR(path))
-		dev_err(dev, "%s: invalid path=%ld\n", __func__, PTR_ERR(path));
 	mutex_unlock(&icc_lock);
+	if (IS_ERR(path)) {
+		dev_err(dev, "%s: invalid path=%ld\n", __func__, PTR_ERR(path));
+		return path;
+	}
+
+	if (name)
+		path->name = kstrdup_const(name, GFP_KERNEL);
+	else
+		path->name = kasprintf(GFP_KERNEL, "%s-%s",
+				       src_node->name, dst_node->name);
 
 	return path;
 }
@@ -481,9 +489,12 @@ struct icc_path *icc_get(struct device *dev, const int src_id, const int dst_id)
 		goto out;
 
 	path = path_find(dev, src, dst);
-	if (IS_ERR(path))
+	if (IS_ERR(path)) {
 		dev_err(dev, "%s: invalid path=%ld\n", __func__, PTR_ERR(path));
+		goto out;
+	}
 
+	path->name = kasprintf(GFP_KERNEL, "%s-%s", src->name, dst->name);
 out:
 	mutex_unlock(&icc_lock);
 	return path;
@@ -519,6 +530,7 @@ void icc_put(struct icc_path *path)
 	}
 	mutex_unlock(&icc_lock);
 
+	kfree_const(path->name);
 	kfree(path);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(icc_put);
diff --git a/drivers/interconnect/internal.h b/drivers/interconnect/internal.h
index 5853e8faf223..bf18cb7239df 100644
--- a/drivers/interconnect/internal.h
+++ b/drivers/interconnect/internal.h
@@ -29,10 +29,12 @@ struct icc_req {
 
 /**
  * struct icc_path - interconnect path structure
+ * @name: a string name of the path (useful for ftrace)
  * @num_nodes: number of hops (nodes)
  * @reqs: array of the requests applicable to this path of nodes
  */
 struct icc_path {
+	const char *name;
 	size_t num_nodes;
 	struct icc_req reqs[];
 };