diff --git a/sound/soc/fsl/imx-rpmsg.c b/sound/soc/fsl/imx-rpmsg.c
index 48fe471499ba..5f1af258caf2 100644
--- a/sound/soc/fsl/imx-rpmsg.c
+++ b/sound/soc/fsl/imx-rpmsg.c
@@ -250,6 +250,7 @@ static int imx_rpmsg_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	data->card.dapm_widgets = imx_rpmsg_dapm_widgets;
 	data->card.num_dapm_widgets = ARRAY_SIZE(imx_rpmsg_dapm_widgets);
 	data->card.late_probe = imx_rpmsg_late_probe;
+	data->card.driver_name = "imx-audio-rpmsg";
 	/*
 	 * Inoder to use common api to get card name and audio routing.
 	 * Use parent of_node for this device, revert it after finishing using