diff --git a/drivers/pnp/pnpacpi/core.c b/drivers/pnp/pnpacpi/core.c
index fbf03ff007eb..d8ec0ad2ab4e 100644
--- a/drivers/pnp/pnpacpi/core.c
+++ b/drivers/pnp/pnpacpi/core.c
@@ -248,10 +248,7 @@ static int __init pnpacpi_add_device(struct acpi_device *device)
 	if (acpi_has_method(device->handle, "_DIS"))
 		dev->capabilities |= PNP_DISABLE;
 
-	if (strlen(acpi_device_name(device)))
-		strscpy(dev->name, acpi_device_name(device), sizeof(dev->name));
-	else
-		strscpy(dev->name, acpi_device_bid(device), sizeof(dev->name));
+	strscpy(dev->name, acpi_device_bid(device), sizeof(dev->name));
 
 	if (dev->active)
 		pnpacpi_parse_allocated_resource(dev);