diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/synopsys/dw-hdmi.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/synopsys/dw-hdmi.c
index 36ee7c659174..60a41bb308f2 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/synopsys/dw-hdmi.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/synopsys/dw-hdmi.c
@@ -3595,8 +3595,6 @@ __dw_hdmi_probe(struct platform_device *pdev,
 	mutex_init(&hdmi->audio_mutex);
 	spin_lock_init(&hdmi->audio_lock);
 
-	dev_set_name(dev, "hdmi");
-
 	ddc_node = of_parse_phandle(np, "ddc-i2c-bus", 0);
 	if (ddc_node) {
 		hdmi->ddc = of_get_i2c_adapter_by_node(ddc_node);