set_bit(chip->dev_num, dev_mask);
 
-       scnprintf(chip->devname, sizeof(chip->devname), "tpm%d", chip->dev_num);
+       device_initialize(&chip->dev);
 
        dev_set_drvdata(dev, chip);
 
        else
                chip->dev.devt = MKDEV(MAJOR(tpm_devt), chip->dev_num);
 
-       dev_set_name(&chip->dev, "%s", chip->devname);
-
-       device_initialize(&chip->dev);
+       rc = dev_set_name(&chip->dev, "tpm%d", chip->dev_num);
+       if (rc)
+               goto out;
 
        cdev_init(&chip->cdev, &tpm_fops);
        chip->cdev.owner = dev->driver->owner;
        }
 
        return chip;
+
+out:
+       put_device(&chip->dev);
+       return ERR_PTR(rc);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(tpmm_chip_alloc);
 
        if (rc) {
                dev_err(&chip->dev,
                        "unable to cdev_add() %s, major %d, minor %d, err=%d\n",
-                       chip->devname, MAJOR(chip->dev.devt),
+                       dev_name(&chip->dev), MAJOR(chip->dev.devt),
                        MINOR(chip->dev.devt), rc);
 
                return rc;
        if (rc) {
                dev_err(&chip->dev,
                        "unable to device_register() %s, major %d, minor %d, err=%d\n",
-                       chip->devname, MAJOR(chip->dev.devt),
+                       dev_name(&chip->dev), MAJOR(chip->dev.devt),
                        MINOR(chip->dev.devt), rc);
 
                cdev_del(&chip->cdev);
        if (rc)
                return rc;
 
-       chip->bios_dir = tpm_bios_log_setup(chip->devname);
+       chip->bios_dir = tpm_bios_log_setup(dev_name(&chip->dev));
 
        return 0;
 }
 
        u8 original_int_vec;
 
        if (devm_request_irq(&chip->dev, irq, tis_int_handler, flags,
-                            chip->devname, chip) != 0) {
+                            dev_name(&chip->dev), chip) != 0) {
                dev_info(&chip->dev, "Unable to request irq: %d for probe\n",
                         irq);
                return -1;