diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/jc42.c b/drivers/hwmon/jc42.c
index f2d81b0558e5..e3f1ebee7130 100644
--- a/drivers/hwmon/jc42.c
+++ b/drivers/hwmon/jc42.c
@@ -506,7 +506,7 @@ static int jc42_probe(struct i2c_client *client, const struct i2c_device_id *id)
 	}
 	data->config = config;
 
-	hwmon_dev = devm_hwmon_device_register_with_info(dev, client->name,
+	hwmon_dev = devm_hwmon_device_register_with_info(dev, "jc42",
 							 data, &jc42_chip_info,
 							 NULL);
 	return PTR_ERR_OR_ZERO(hwmon_dev);