diff --git a/drivers/aiodev/qoriq_thermal.c b/drivers/aiodev/qoriq_thermal.c
index d29da02..7556fef 100644
--- a/drivers/aiodev/qoriq_thermal.c
+++ b/drivers/aiodev/qoriq_thermal.c
@@ -232,6 +232,7 @@
 
 	data->aiodev.num_channels = 1;
 	data->aiodev.hwdev = dev;
+	data->aiodev.name = "thermal-sensor";
 	data->aiodev.channels = xmalloc(data->aiodev.num_channels *
 					sizeof(data->aiodev.channels[0]));
 	data->aiodev.channels[0] = &data->aiochan;