diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/intel_scu_ipc.c b/drivers/platform/x86/intel_scu_ipc.c
index 7cc9089d1e14..e7a3e3402817 100644
--- a/drivers/platform/x86/intel_scu_ipc.c
+++ b/drivers/platform/x86/intel_scu_ipc.c
@@ -583,7 +583,6 @@ __intel_scu_ipc_register(struct device *parent,
 	scu->dev.parent = parent;
 	scu->dev.class = &intel_scu_ipc_class;
 	scu->dev.release = intel_scu_ipc_release;
-	dev_set_name(&scu->dev, "intel_scu_ipc");
 
 	if (!request_mem_region(scu_data->mem.start, resource_size(&scu_data->mem),
 				"intel_scu_ipc")) {
@@ -612,6 +611,7 @@ __intel_scu_ipc_register(struct device *parent,
 	 * After this point intel_scu_ipc_release() takes care of
 	 * releasing the SCU IPC resources once refcount drops to zero.
 	 */
+	dev_set_name(&scu->dev, "intel_scu_ipc");
 	err = device_register(&scu->dev);
 	if (err) {
 		put_device(&scu->dev);