diff --git a/drivers/ata/libata-core.c b/drivers/ata/libata-core.c
index dbdc5d32343f..782d126cf191 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/libata-core.c
+++ b/drivers/ata/libata-core.c
@@ -6227,7 +6227,7 @@ int ata_host_activate(struct ata_host *host, int irq,
 	}
 
 	rc = devm_request_irq(host->dev, irq, irq_handler, irq_flags,
-			      dev_driver_string(host->dev), host);
+			      dev_name(host->dev), host);
 	if (rc)
 		return rc;