diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_engine_cs.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_engine_cs.c
index a7ffa4c66d1c..5e5cda02ee19 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_engine_cs.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_engine_cs.c
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ static const struct engine_info {
 		.init_legacy = intel_init_bsd_ring_buffer,
 	},
 	[VCS2] = {
-		.name = "vcs2",
+		.name = "vcs",
 		.hw_id = VCS2_HW,
 		.exec_id = I915_EXEC_BSD,
 		.class = VIDEO_DECODE_CLASS,
@@ -108,7 +108,8 @@ intel_engine_setup(struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv,
 
 	engine->id = id;
 	engine->i915 = dev_priv;
-	engine->name = info->name;
+	WARN_ON(snprintf(engine->name, sizeof(engine->name), "%s%u",
+			 info->name, info->instance) >= sizeof(engine->name));
 	engine->exec_id = info->exec_id;
 	engine->hw_id = engine->guc_id = info->hw_id;
 	engine->mmio_base = info->mmio_base;
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_ringbuffer.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_ringbuffer.h
index 8b53ddb190c5..fd8994b5688c 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_ringbuffer.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_ringbuffer.h
@@ -187,9 +187,11 @@ enum intel_engine_id {
 	VECS
 };
 
+#define INTEL_ENGINE_CS_MAX_NAME 8
+
 struct intel_engine_cs {
 	struct drm_i915_private *i915;
-	const char	*name;
+	char name[INTEL_ENGINE_CS_MAX_NAME];
 	enum intel_engine_id id;
 	unsigned int exec_id;
 	unsigned int hw_id;
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/selftests/mock_engine.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/selftests/mock_engine.c
index b89050e0de48..b8e53bdc3cc4 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/selftests/mock_engine.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/selftests/mock_engine.c
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ struct intel_engine_cs *mock_engine(struct drm_i915_private *i915,
 
 	/* minimal engine setup for requests */
 	engine->base.i915 = i915;
-	engine->base.name = name;
+	snprintf(engine->base.name, sizeof(engine->base.name), "%s", name);
 	engine->base.id = id++;
 	engine->base.status_page.page_addr = (void *)(engine + 1);