diff --git a/drivers/base/regmap/internal.h b/drivers/base/regmap/internal.h
index 3d80c4b43f72..e0ff8e90ebdc 100644
--- a/drivers/base/regmap/internal.h
+++ b/drivers/base/regmap/internal.h
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ struct regmap_field {
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_FS
 extern void regmap_debugfs_initcall(void);
-extern void regmap_debugfs_init(struct regmap *map, const char *name);
+extern void regmap_debugfs_init(struct regmap *map);
 extern void regmap_debugfs_exit(struct regmap *map);
 
 static inline void regmap_debugfs_disable(struct regmap *map)
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ static inline void regmap_debugfs_disable(struct regmap *map)
 
 #else
 static inline void regmap_debugfs_initcall(void) { }
-static inline void regmap_debugfs_init(struct regmap *map, const char *name) { }
+static inline void regmap_debugfs_init(struct regmap *map) { }
 static inline void regmap_debugfs_exit(struct regmap *map) { }
 static inline void regmap_debugfs_disable(struct regmap *map) { }
 #endif
diff --git a/drivers/base/regmap/regmap-debugfs.c b/drivers/base/regmap/regmap-debugfs.c
index f58baff2be0a..b6d63ef16b44 100644
--- a/drivers/base/regmap/regmap-debugfs.c
+++ b/drivers/base/regmap/regmap-debugfs.c
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
 
 struct regmap_debugfs_node {
 	struct regmap *map;
-	const char *name;
 	struct list_head link;
 };
 
@@ -544,11 +543,12 @@ static const struct file_operations regmap_cache_bypass_fops = {
 	.write = regmap_cache_bypass_write_file,
 };
 
-void regmap_debugfs_init(struct regmap *map, const char *name)
+void regmap_debugfs_init(struct regmap *map)
 {
 	struct rb_node *next;
 	struct regmap_range_node *range_node;
 	const char *devname = "dummy";
+	const char *name = map->name;
 
 	/*
 	 * Userspace can initiate reads from the hardware over debugfs.
@@ -569,7 +569,6 @@ void regmap_debugfs_init(struct regmap *map, const char *name)
 		if (!node)
 			return;
 		node->map = map;
-		node->name = name;
 		mutex_lock(&regmap_debugfs_early_lock);
 		list_add(&node->link, &regmap_debugfs_early_list);
 		mutex_unlock(&regmap_debugfs_early_lock);
@@ -679,7 +678,7 @@ void regmap_debugfs_initcall(void)
 
 	mutex_lock(&regmap_debugfs_early_lock);
 	list_for_each_entry_safe(node, tmp, &regmap_debugfs_early_list, link) {
-		regmap_debugfs_init(node->map, node->name);
+		regmap_debugfs_init(node->map);
 		list_del(&node->link);
 		kfree(node);
 	}
diff --git a/drivers/base/regmap/regmap.c b/drivers/base/regmap/regmap.c
index e93700af7e6e..e22c21affebd 100644
--- a/drivers/base/regmap/regmap.c
+++ b/drivers/base/regmap/regmap.c
@@ -581,14 +581,34 @@ static void regmap_range_exit(struct regmap *map)
 	kfree(map->selector_work_buf);
 }
 
+static int regmap_set_name(struct regmap *map, const struct regmap_config *config)
+{
+	if (config->name) {
+		const char *name = kstrdup_const(config->name, GFP_KERNEL);
+
+		if (!name)
+			return -ENOMEM;
+
+		kfree_const(map->name);
+		map->name = name;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 int regmap_attach_dev(struct device *dev, struct regmap *map,
 		      const struct regmap_config *config)
 {
 	struct regmap **m;
+	int ret;
 
 	map->dev = dev;
 
-	regmap_debugfs_init(map, config->name);
+	ret = regmap_set_name(map, config);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+
+	regmap_debugfs_init(map);
 
 	/* Add a devres resource for dev_get_regmap() */
 	m = devres_alloc(dev_get_regmap_release, sizeof(*m), GFP_KERNEL);
@@ -674,9 +694,9 @@ struct regmap *__regmap_init(struct device *dev,
 			     const char *lock_name)
 {
 	struct regmap *map;
-	int ret = -EINVAL;
 	enum regmap_endian reg_endian, val_endian;
 	int i, j;
+	int ret;
 
 	if (!config)
 		goto err;
@@ -687,13 +707,9 @@ struct regmap *__regmap_init(struct device *dev,
 		goto err;
 	}
 
-	if (config->name) {
-		map->name = kstrdup_const(config->name, GFP_KERNEL);
-		if (!map->name) {
-			ret = -ENOMEM;
-			goto err_map;
-		}
-	}
+	ret = regmap_set_name(map, config);
+	if (ret)
+		goto err_map;
 
 	if (config->disable_locking) {
 		map->lock = map->unlock = regmap_lock_unlock_none;
@@ -1137,7 +1153,7 @@ skip_format_initialization:
 		if (ret != 0)
 			goto err_regcache;
 	} else {
-		regmap_debugfs_init(map, config->name);
+		regmap_debugfs_init(map);
 	}
 
 	return map;
@@ -1297,6 +1313,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(regmap_field_free);
  */
 int regmap_reinit_cache(struct regmap *map, const struct regmap_config *config)
 {
+	int ret;
+
 	regcache_exit(map);
 	regmap_debugfs_exit(map);
 
@@ -1309,7 +1327,11 @@ int regmap_reinit_cache(struct regmap *map, const struct regmap_config *config)
 	map->readable_noinc_reg = config->readable_noinc_reg;
 	map->cache_type = config->cache_type;
 
-	regmap_debugfs_init(map, config->name);
+	ret = regmap_set_name(map, config);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+
+	regmap_debugfs_init(map);
 
 	map->cache_bypass = false;
 	map->cache_only = false;