diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/qcom-cpufreq-nvmem.c b/drivers/cpufreq/qcom-cpufreq-nvmem.c
index 6dfa86971a75..937e9ec2f51a 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/qcom-cpufreq-nvmem.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/qcom-cpufreq-nvmem.c
@@ -264,7 +264,8 @@ static int qcom_cpufreq_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	struct nvmem_cell *speedbin_nvmem;
 	struct device_node *np;
 	struct device *cpu_dev;
-	char *pvs_name = "speedXX-pvsXX-vXX";
+	char pvs_name_buffer[] = "speedXX-pvsXX-vXX";
+	char *pvs_name = pvs_name_buffer;
 	unsigned cpu;
 	const struct of_device_id *match;
 	int ret;