diff --git a/drivers/dma/tegra20-apb-dma.c b/drivers/dma/tegra20-apb-dma.c
index 6ed3f43be41e..e447c8aad48a 100644
--- a/drivers/dma/tegra20-apb-dma.c
+++ b/drivers/dma/tegra20-apb-dma.c
@@ -169,6 +169,7 @@ typedef void (*dma_isr_handler)(struct tegra_dma_channel *tdc,
 /* tegra_dma_channel: Channel specific information */
 struct tegra_dma_channel {
 	struct dma_chan		dma_chan;
+	char			name[30];
 	bool			config_init;
 	int			id;
 	int			irq;
@@ -1282,7 +1283,6 @@ static int __devinit tegra_dma_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&tdma->dma_dev.channels);
 	for (i = 0; i < cdata->nr_channels; i++) {
 		struct tegra_dma_channel *tdc = &tdma->channels[i];
-		char irq_name[30];
 
 		tdc->chan_base_offset = TEGRA_APBDMA_CHANNEL_BASE_ADD_OFFSET +
 					i * TEGRA_APBDMA_CHANNEL_REGISTER_SIZE;
@@ -1294,9 +1294,9 @@ static int __devinit tegra_dma_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 			goto err_irq;
 		}
 		tdc->irq = res->start;
-		snprintf(irq_name, sizeof(irq_name), "apbdma.%d", i);
+		snprintf(tdc->name, sizeof(tdc->name), "apbdma.%d", i);
 		ret = devm_request_irq(&pdev->dev, tdc->irq,
-				tegra_dma_isr, 0, irq_name, tdc);
+				tegra_dma_isr, 0, tdc->name, tdc);
 		if (ret) {
 			dev_err(&pdev->dev,
 				"request_irq failed with err %d channel %d\n",