diff --git a/drivers/edac/versalnet_edac.c b/drivers/edac/versalnet_edac.c
index ec1315582414..97ec05d68bbb 100644
--- a/drivers/edac/versalnet_edac.c
+++ b/drivers/edac/versalnet_edac.c
@@ -777,9 +777,9 @@ static int init_one_mc(struct mc_priv *priv, struct platform_device *pdev, int i
 	u32 num_chans, rank, dwidth, config;
 	struct edac_mc_layer layers[2];
 	struct mem_ctl_info *mci;
+	char name[MC_NAME_LEN];
 	struct device *dev;
 	enum dev_type dt;
-	char *name;
 	int rc;
 
 	config = priv->adec[CONF + i * ADEC_NUM];
@@ -813,13 +813,9 @@ static int init_one_mc(struct mc_priv *priv, struct platform_device *pdev, int i
 	layers[1].is_virt_csrow = false;
 
 	rc = -ENOMEM;
-	name = kzalloc(MC_NAME_LEN, GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!name)
-		return rc;
-
 	dev = kzalloc(sizeof(*dev), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!dev)
-		goto err_name_free;
+		return rc;
 
 	mci = edac_mc_alloc(i, ARRAY_SIZE(layers), layers, sizeof(struct mc_priv));
 	if (!mci) {
@@ -858,8 +854,6 @@ static int init_one_mc(struct mc_priv *priv, struct platform_device *pdev, int i
 	edac_mc_free(mci);
 err_dev_free:
 	kfree(dev);
-err_name_free:
-	kfree(name);
 
 	return rc;
 }