diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/compal-laptop.c b/drivers/platform/x86/compal-laptop.c
index 7297df2ebf503771d080a3467869819d72921b08..26bfd7bb5c1350822b23bb6814dd6784738d91b1 100644
--- a/drivers/platform/x86/compal-laptop.c
+++ b/drivers/platform/x86/compal-laptop.c
@@ -1028,7 +1028,7 @@ static int compal_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 		return err;
 
 	hwmon_dev = hwmon_device_register_with_groups(&pdev->dev,
-						      DRIVER_NAME, data,
+						      "compal", data,
 						      compal_hwmon_groups);
 	if (IS_ERR(hwmon_dev)) {
 		err = PTR_ERR(hwmon_dev);