diff --git a/drivers/cpuidle/dt_idle_genpd.c b/drivers/cpuidle/dt_idle_genpd.c
index d292975cc468..ed41a90eeeb7 100644
--- a/drivers/cpuidle/dt_idle_genpd.c
+++ b/drivers/cpuidle/dt_idle_genpd.c
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ struct generic_pm_domain *dt_idle_pd_alloc(struct device_node *np,
 	if (!pd)
 		goto out;
 
-	pd->name = kasprintf(GFP_KERNEL, "%pOF", np);
+	pd->name = kstrdup(kbasename(of_node_full_name(np)), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!pd->name)
 		goto free_pd;
 
@@ -112,7 +112,6 @@ struct generic_pm_domain *dt_idle_pd_alloc(struct device_node *np,
 		goto free_name;
 
 	pd->free_states = pd_free_states;
-	pd->name = kbasename(pd->name);
 	pd->states = states;
 	pd->state_count = state_count;