diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/hfi1/init.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/hfi1/init.c
index 8b5a5b32b0fa..b7fd8b1fbbbd 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/hfi1/init.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/hfi1/init.c
@@ -1206,6 +1206,7 @@ static struct hfi1_devdata *hfi1_alloc_devdata(struct pci_dev *pdev,
 					       size_t extra)
 {
 	struct hfi1_devdata *dd;
+	struct ib_device *ibdev;
 	int ret, nports;
 
 	/* extra is * number of ports */
@@ -1227,7 +1228,17 @@ static struct hfi1_devdata *hfi1_alloc_devdata(struct pci_dev *pdev,
 			"Could not allocate unit ID: error %d\n", -ret);
 		goto bail;
 	}
-	rvt_set_ibdev_name(&dd->verbs_dev.rdi, "%s_%d", class_name(), dd->unit);
+
+	/*
+	 * FIXME: rvt and its users want to touch the ibdev before
+	 * registration and have things like the name work. We don't have the
+	 * infrastructure in the core to support this directly today, hack it
+	 * to work by setting the name manually here.
+	 */
+	ibdev = &dd->verbs_dev.rdi.ibdev;
+	dev_set_name(&ibdev->dev, "%s_%d", class_name(), dd->unit);
+	strscpy(ibdev->name, dev_name(&ibdev->dev), IB_DEVICE_NAME_MAX);
+
 	/*
 	 * If the BIOS does not have the NUMA node information set, select
 	 * NUMA 0 so we get consistent performance.
diff --git a/include/rdma/rdma_vt.h b/include/rdma/rdma_vt.h
index 7d8de561f71b..7ffc83262a01 100644
--- a/include/rdma/rdma_vt.h
+++ b/include/rdma/rdma_vt.h
@@ -438,26 +438,6 @@ struct rvt_dev_info {
 	struct rvt_wss *wss;
 };
 
-/**
- * rvt_set_ibdev_name - Craft an IB device name from client info
- * @rdi: pointer to the client rvt_dev_info structure
- * @name: client specific name
- * @unit: client specific unit number.
- */
-static inline void rvt_set_ibdev_name(struct rvt_dev_info *rdi,
-				      const char *fmt, const char *name,
-				      const int unit)
-{
-	/*
-	 * FIXME: rvt and its users want to touch the ibdev before
-	 * registration and have things like the name work. We don't have the
-	 * infrastructure in the core to support this directly today, hack it
-	 * to work by setting the name manually here.
-	 */
-	dev_set_name(&rdi->ibdev.dev, fmt, name, unit);
-	strscpy(rdi->ibdev.name, dev_name(&rdi->ibdev.dev), IB_DEVICE_NAME_MAX);
-}
-
 /**
  * rvt_get_ibdev_name - return the IB name
  * @rdi: rdmavt device