diff --git a/include/linux/mtd/mtd.h b/include/linux/mtd/mtd.h
index 5bb42c6dacdc..eebdc63cf6af 100644
--- a/include/linux/mtd/mtd.h
+++ b/include/linux/mtd/mtd.h
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 #include <linux/uio.h>
 #include <linux/notifier.h>
 #include <linux/device.h>
+#include <linux/of.h>
 
 #include <mtd/mtd-abi.h>
 
@@ -386,6 +387,8 @@ static inline void mtd_set_of_node(struct mtd_info *mtd,
 				   struct device_node *np)
 {
 	mtd->dev.of_node = np;
+	if (!mtd->name)
+		of_property_read_string(np, "label", &mtd->name);
 }
 
 static inline struct device_node *mtd_get_of_node(struct mtd_info *mtd)