diff --git a/drivers/md/bcache/bcache.h b/drivers/md/bcache/bcache.h
index d338b7086013..3a0cfb237af9 100644
--- a/drivers/md/bcache/bcache.h
+++ b/drivers/md/bcache/bcache.h
@@ -392,6 +392,8 @@ struct cached_dev {
 #define DEFAULT_CACHED_DEV_ERROR_LIMIT	64
 	atomic_t		io_errors;
 	unsigned		error_limit;
+
+	char			backing_dev_name[BDEVNAME_SIZE];
 };
 
 enum alloc_reserve {
@@ -464,6 +466,8 @@ struct cache {
 	atomic_long_t		meta_sectors_written;
 	atomic_long_t		btree_sectors_written;
 	atomic_long_t		sectors_written;
+
+	char			cache_dev_name[BDEVNAME_SIZE];
 };
 
 struct gc_stat {
diff --git a/drivers/md/bcache/debug.c b/drivers/md/bcache/debug.c
index 028f7b386e01..4e63c6f6c04d 100644
--- a/drivers/md/bcache/debug.c
+++ b/drivers/md/bcache/debug.c
@@ -106,7 +106,6 @@ void bch_btree_verify(struct btree *b)
 
 void bch_data_verify(struct cached_dev *dc, struct bio *bio)
 {
-	char name[BDEVNAME_SIZE];
 	struct bio *check;
 	struct bio_vec bv, cbv;
 	struct bvec_iter iter, citer = { 0 };
@@ -134,7 +133,7 @@ void bch_data_verify(struct cached_dev *dc, struct bio *bio)
 					bv.bv_len),
 				 dc->disk.c,
 				 "verify failed at dev %s sector %llu",
-				 bdevname(dc->bdev, name),
+				 dc->backing_dev_name,
 				 (uint64_t) bio->bi_iter.bi_sector);
 
 		kunmap_atomic(p1);
diff --git a/drivers/md/bcache/io.c b/drivers/md/bcache/io.c
index 7fac97ae036e..2ddf8515e6a5 100644
--- a/drivers/md/bcache/io.c
+++ b/drivers/md/bcache/io.c
@@ -52,7 +52,6 @@ void bch_submit_bbio(struct bio *bio, struct cache_set *c,
 /* IO errors */
 void bch_count_backing_io_errors(struct cached_dev *dc, struct bio *bio)
 {
-	char buf[BDEVNAME_SIZE];
 	unsigned errors;
 
 	WARN_ONCE(!dc, "NULL pointer of struct cached_dev");
@@ -60,7 +59,7 @@ void bch_count_backing_io_errors(struct cached_dev *dc, struct bio *bio)
 	errors = atomic_add_return(1, &dc->io_errors);
 	if (errors < dc->error_limit)
 		pr_err("%s: IO error on backing device, unrecoverable",
-			bio_devname(bio, buf));
+			dc->backing_dev_name);
 	else
 		bch_cached_dev_error(dc);
 }
@@ -105,19 +104,18 @@ void bch_count_io_errors(struct cache *ca,
 	}
 
 	if (error) {
-		char buf[BDEVNAME_SIZE];
 		unsigned errors = atomic_add_return(1 << IO_ERROR_SHIFT,
 						    &ca->io_errors);
 		errors >>= IO_ERROR_SHIFT;
 
 		if (errors < ca->set->error_limit)
 			pr_err("%s: IO error on %s%s",
-			       bdevname(ca->bdev, buf), m,
+			       ca->cache_dev_name, m,
 			       is_read ? ", recovering." : ".");
 		else
 			bch_cache_set_error(ca->set,
 					    "%s: too many IO errors %s",
-					    bdevname(ca->bdev, buf), m);
+					    ca->cache_dev_name, m);
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/md/bcache/request.c b/drivers/md/bcache/request.c
index a65e3365eeb9..8e3e8655ed63 100644
--- a/drivers/md/bcache/request.c
+++ b/drivers/md/bcache/request.c
@@ -649,11 +649,8 @@ static void backing_request_endio(struct bio *bio)
 		 */
 		if (unlikely(s->iop.writeback &&
 			     bio->bi_opf & REQ_PREFLUSH)) {
-			char buf[BDEVNAME_SIZE];
-
-			bio_devname(bio, buf);
 			pr_err("Can't flush %s: returned bi_status %i",
-				buf, bio->bi_status);
+				dc->backing_dev_name, bio->bi_status);
 		} else {
 			/* set to orig_bio->bi_status in bio_complete() */
 			s->iop.status = bio->bi_status;
diff --git a/drivers/md/bcache/super.c b/drivers/md/bcache/super.c
index d90d9e59ca00..06433fab8ece 100644
--- a/drivers/md/bcache/super.c
+++ b/drivers/md/bcache/super.c
@@ -936,7 +936,6 @@ static void cancel_writeback_rate_update_dwork(struct cached_dev *dc)
 static void cached_dev_detach_finish(struct work_struct *w)
 {
 	struct cached_dev *dc = container_of(w, struct cached_dev, detach);
-	char buf[BDEVNAME_SIZE];
 	struct closure cl;
 	closure_init_stack(&cl);
 
@@ -967,7 +966,7 @@ static void cached_dev_detach_finish(struct work_struct *w)
 
 	mutex_unlock(&bch_register_lock);
 
-	pr_info("Caching disabled for %s", bdevname(dc->bdev, buf));
+	pr_info("Caching disabled for %s", dc->backing_dev_name);
 
 	/* Drop ref we took in cached_dev_detach() */
 	closure_put(&dc->disk.cl);
@@ -999,29 +998,28 @@ int bch_cached_dev_attach(struct cached_dev *dc, struct cache_set *c,
 {
 	uint32_t rtime = cpu_to_le32(get_seconds());
 	struct uuid_entry *u;
-	char buf[BDEVNAME_SIZE];
 	struct cached_dev *exist_dc, *t;
 
-	bdevname(dc->bdev, buf);
-
 	if ((set_uuid && memcmp(set_uuid, c->sb.set_uuid, 16)) ||
 	    (!set_uuid && memcmp(dc->sb.set_uuid, c->sb.set_uuid, 16)))
 		return -ENOENT;
 
 	if (dc->disk.c) {
-		pr_err("Can't attach %s: already attached", buf);
+		pr_err("Can't attach %s: already attached",
+		       dc->backing_dev_name);
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
 	if (test_bit(CACHE_SET_STOPPING, &c->flags)) {
-		pr_err("Can't attach %s: shutting down", buf);
+		pr_err("Can't attach %s: shutting down",
+		       dc->backing_dev_name);
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
 	if (dc->sb.block_size < c->sb.block_size) {
 		/* Will die */
 		pr_err("Couldn't attach %s: block size less than set's block size",
-		       buf);
+		       dc->backing_dev_name);
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
@@ -1029,7 +1027,7 @@ int bch_cached_dev_attach(struct cached_dev *dc, struct cache_set *c,
 	list_for_each_entry_safe(exist_dc, t, &c->cached_devs, list) {
 		if (!memcmp(dc->sb.uuid, exist_dc->sb.uuid, 16)) {
 			pr_err("Tried to attach %s but duplicate UUID already attached",
-				buf);
+				dc->backing_dev_name);
 
 			return -EINVAL;
 		}
@@ -1047,13 +1045,15 @@ int bch_cached_dev_attach(struct cached_dev *dc, struct cache_set *c,
 
 	if (!u) {
 		if (BDEV_STATE(&dc->sb) == BDEV_STATE_DIRTY) {
-			pr_err("Couldn't find uuid for %s in set", buf);
+			pr_err("Couldn't find uuid for %s in set",
+			       dc->backing_dev_name);
 			return -ENOENT;
 		}
 
 		u = uuid_find_empty(c);
 		if (!u) {
-			pr_err("Not caching %s, no room for UUID", buf);
+			pr_err("Not caching %s, no room for UUID",
+			       dc->backing_dev_name);
 			return -EINVAL;
 		}
 	}
@@ -1112,7 +1112,8 @@ int bch_cached_dev_attach(struct cached_dev *dc, struct cache_set *c,
 	up_write(&dc->writeback_lock);
 
 	pr_info("Caching %s as %s on set %pU",
-		bdevname(dc->bdev, buf), dc->disk.disk->disk_name,
+		dc->backing_dev_name,
+		dc->disk.disk->disk_name,
 		dc->disk.c->sb.set_uuid);
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -1225,7 +1226,6 @@ static void register_bdev(struct cache_sb *sb, struct page *sb_page,
 				 struct block_device *bdev,
 				 struct cached_dev *dc)
 {
-	char name[BDEVNAME_SIZE];
 	const char *err = "cannot allocate memory";
 	struct cache_set *c;
 
@@ -1247,7 +1247,8 @@ static void register_bdev(struct cache_sb *sb, struct page *sb_page,
 	if (bch_cache_accounting_add_kobjs(&dc->accounting, &dc->disk.kobj))
 		goto err;
 
-	pr_info("registered backing device %s", bdevname(bdev, name));
+	bdevname(bdev, dc->backing_dev_name);
+	pr_info("registered backing device %s", dc->backing_dev_name);
 
 	list_add(&dc->list, &uncached_devices);
 	list_for_each_entry(c, &bch_cache_sets, list)
@@ -1259,7 +1260,7 @@ static void register_bdev(struct cache_sb *sb, struct page *sb_page,
 
 	return;
 err:
-	pr_notice("error %s: %s", bdevname(bdev, name), err);
+	pr_notice("error %s: %s", dc->backing_dev_name, err);
 	bcache_device_stop(&dc->disk);
 }
 
@@ -1367,8 +1368,6 @@ int bch_flash_dev_create(struct cache_set *c, uint64_t size)
 
 bool bch_cached_dev_error(struct cached_dev *dc)
 {
-	char name[BDEVNAME_SIZE];
-
 	if (!dc || test_bit(BCACHE_DEV_CLOSING, &dc->disk.flags))
 		return false;
 
@@ -1377,7 +1376,7 @@ bool bch_cached_dev_error(struct cached_dev *dc)
 	smp_mb();
 
 	pr_err("stop %s: too many IO errors on backing device %s\n",
-		dc->disk.disk->disk_name, bdevname(dc->bdev, name));
+		dc->disk.disk->disk_name, dc->backing_dev_name);
 
 	bcache_device_stop(&dc->disk);
 	return true;
@@ -2003,11 +2002,10 @@ static int cache_alloc(struct cache *ca)
 static int register_cache(struct cache_sb *sb, struct page *sb_page,
 				struct block_device *bdev, struct cache *ca)
 {
-	char name[BDEVNAME_SIZE];
 	const char *err = NULL; /* must be set for any error case */
 	int ret = 0;
 
-	bdevname(bdev, name);
+	bdevname(bdev, ca->cache_dev_name);
 
 	memcpy(&ca->sb, sb, sizeof(struct cache_sb));
 	ca->bdev = bdev;
@@ -2045,14 +2043,14 @@ static int register_cache(struct cache_sb *sb, struct page *sb_page,
 		goto out;
 	}
 
-	pr_info("registered cache device %s", name);
+	pr_info("registered cache device %s", ca->cache_dev_name);
 
 out:
 	kobject_put(&ca->kobj);
 
 err:
 	if (err)
-		pr_notice("error %s: %s", name, err);
+		pr_notice("error %s: %s", ca->cache_dev_name, err);
 
 	return ret;
 }
