diff --git a/sound/soc/fsl/imx-pcm-rpmsg.c b/sound/soc/fsl/imx-pcm-rpmsg.c
index 35049043e532..3157cd5a837e 100644
--- a/sound/soc/fsl/imx-pcm-rpmsg.c
+++ b/sound/soc/fsl/imx-pcm-rpmsg.c
@@ -684,7 +684,7 @@ static int imx_rpmsg_pcm_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	info->rpdev = container_of(pdev->dev.parent, struct rpmsg_device, dev);
 	info->dev = &pdev->dev;
 	/* Setup work queue */
-	info->rpmsg_wq = alloc_ordered_workqueue("rpmsg_audio",
+	info->rpmsg_wq = alloc_ordered_workqueue(info->rpdev->id.name,
 						 WQ_HIGHPRI |
 						 WQ_UNBOUND |
 						 WQ_FREEZABLE);
@@ -723,11 +723,15 @@ static int imx_rpmsg_pcm_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	if (ret)
 		goto fail;
 
-	component = snd_soc_lookup_component(&pdev->dev, IMX_PCM_DRV_NAME);
+	component = snd_soc_lookup_component(&pdev->dev, NULL);
 	if (!component) {
 		ret = -EINVAL;
 		goto fail;
 	}
+
+	/* platform component name is used by machine driver to link with */
+	component->name = info->rpdev->id.name;
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_FS
 	component->debugfs_prefix = "rpmsg";
 #endif