diff --git a/drivers/misc/sram.c b/drivers/misc/sram.c
index 99413310956b..5757adf418b1 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/sram.c
+++ b/drivers/misc/sram.c
@@ -235,10 +235,11 @@ static int sram_reserve_regions(struct sram_dev *sram, struct resource *res)
 				goto err_chunks;
 			}
 			if (!label)
-				label = child->name;
-
-			block->label = devm_kstrdup(sram->dev,
-						    label, GFP_KERNEL);
+				block->label = devm_kasprintf(sram->dev, GFP_KERNEL,
+							      "%s", dev_name(sram->dev));
+			else
+				block->label = devm_kstrdup(sram->dev,
+							    label, GFP_KERNEL);
 			if (!block->label) {
 				ret = -ENOMEM;
 				goto err_chunks;