diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/ppc-pci.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/ppc-pci.h
index 2b9edbf6e929..e8f1795a2acf 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/ppc-pci.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/ppc-pci.h
@@ -57,7 +57,14 @@ void eeh_sysfs_remove_device(struct pci_dev *pdev);
 
 static inline const char *eeh_driver_name(struct pci_dev *pdev)
 {
-	return (pdev && pdev->driver) ? pdev->driver->name : "<null>";
+	if (pdev) {
+		const char *drvstr = dev_driver_string(&pdev->dev);
+
+		if (strcmp(drvstr, ""))
+			return drvstr;
+	}
+
+	return "<null>";
 }
 
 #endif /* CONFIG_EEH */
diff --git a/drivers/bcma/host_pci.c b/drivers/bcma/host_pci.c
index 69c10a7b7c61..0973022d4b13 100644
--- a/drivers/bcma/host_pci.c
+++ b/drivers/bcma/host_pci.c
@@ -175,9 +175,10 @@ static int bcma_host_pci_probe(struct pci_dev *dev,
 	if (err)
 		goto err_kfree_bus;
 
-	name = dev_name(&dev->dev);
-	if (dev->driver && dev->driver->name)
-		name = dev->driver->name;
+	name = dev_driver_string(&dev->dev);
+	if (!strcmp(name, ""))
+		name = dev_name(&dev->dev);
+
 	err = pci_request_regions(dev, name);
 	if (err)
 		goto err_pci_disable;
diff --git a/drivers/crypto/hisilicon/qm.c b/drivers/crypto/hisilicon/qm.c
index 369562d34d66..8f361e54e524 100644
--- a/drivers/crypto/hisilicon/qm.c
+++ b/drivers/crypto/hisilicon/qm.c
@@ -3085,7 +3085,7 @@ static int qm_alloc_uacce(struct hisi_qm *qm)
 	};
 	int ret;
 
-	ret = strscpy(interface.name, pdev->driver->name,
+	ret = strscpy(interface.name, dev_driver_string(&pdev->dev),
 		      sizeof(interface.name));
 	if (ret < 0)
 		return -ENAMETOOLONG;
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/hisilicon/hns3/hns3_ethtool.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/hisilicon/hns3/hns3_ethtool.c
index 7ea511d59e91..f279edfce3f1 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/hisilicon/hns3/hns3_ethtool.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/hisilicon/hns3/hns3_ethtool.c
@@ -606,7 +606,7 @@ static void hns3_get_drvinfo(struct net_device *netdev,
 		return;
 	}
 
-	strncpy(drvinfo->driver, h->pdev->driver->name,
+	strncpy(drvinfo->driver, dev_driver_string(&h->pdev->dev),
 		sizeof(drvinfo->driver));
 	drvinfo->driver[sizeof(drvinfo->driver) - 1] = '\0';
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/prestera/prestera_pci.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/prestera/prestera_pci.c
index a250d394da38..a8f007f6dad2 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/prestera/prestera_pci.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/prestera/prestera_pci.c
@@ -720,7 +720,7 @@ static int prestera_fw_load(struct prestera_fw *fw)
 static int prestera_pci_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev,
 			      const struct pci_device_id *id)
 {
-	const char *driver_name = pdev->driver->name;
+	const char *driver_name = dev_driver_string(&pdev->dev);
 	struct prestera_fw *fw;
 	int err;
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/pci.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/pci.c
index 13b0259f7ea6..8f306364f7bf 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/pci.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/pci.c
@@ -1876,7 +1876,7 @@ static void mlxsw_pci_cmd_fini(struct mlxsw_pci *mlxsw_pci)
 
 static int mlxsw_pci_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *id)
 {
-	const char *driver_name = pdev->driver->name;
+	const char *driver_name = dev_driver_string(&pdev->dev);
 	struct mlxsw_pci *mlxsw_pci;
 	int err;
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/netronome/nfp/nfp_net_ethtool.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/netronome/nfp/nfp_net_ethtool.c
index 0685ece1f155..23dfb599c828 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/netronome/nfp/nfp_net_ethtool.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/netronome/nfp/nfp_net_ethtool.c
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ nfp_get_drvinfo(struct nfp_app *app, struct pci_dev *pdev,
 {
 	char nsp_version[ETHTOOL_FWVERS_LEN] = {};
 
-	strlcpy(drvinfo->driver, pdev->driver->name, sizeof(drvinfo->driver));
+	strlcpy(drvinfo->driver, dev_driver_string(&pdev->dev), sizeof(drvinfo->driver));
 	nfp_net_get_nspinfo(app, nsp_version);
 	snprintf(drvinfo->fw_version, sizeof(drvinfo->fw_version),
 		 "%s %s %s %s", vnic_version, nsp_version,
diff --git a/drivers/ssb/pcihost_wrapper.c b/drivers/ssb/pcihost_wrapper.c
index 410215c16920..4938ed5cfae5 100644
--- a/drivers/ssb/pcihost_wrapper.c
+++ b/drivers/ssb/pcihost_wrapper.c
@@ -78,9 +78,11 @@ static int ssb_pcihost_probe(struct pci_dev *dev,
 	err = pci_enable_device(dev);
 	if (err)
 		goto err_kfree_ssb;
-	name = dev_name(&dev->dev);
-	if (dev->driver && dev->driver->name)
-		name = dev->driver->name;
+
+	name = dev_driver_string(&dev->dev);
+	if (*name == '\0')
+		name = dev_name(&dev->dev);
+
 	err = pci_request_regions(dev, name);
 	if (err)
 		goto err_pci_disable;
