diff --git a/drivers/hid/hid-multitouch.c b/drivers/hid/hid-multitouch.c
index ea8c52f0aa78..dc7c33f6b2c4 100644
--- a/drivers/hid/hid-multitouch.c
+++ b/drivers/hid/hid-multitouch.c
@@ -1541,7 +1541,6 @@ static void mt_post_parse(struct mt_device *td, struct mt_application *app)
 static int mt_input_configured(struct hid_device *hdev, struct hid_input *hi)
 {
 	struct mt_device *td = hid_get_drvdata(hdev);
-	char *name;
 	const char *suffix = NULL;
 	struct mt_report_data *rdata;
 	struct mt_application *mt_application = NULL;
@@ -1595,15 +1594,9 @@ static int mt_input_configured(struct hid_device *hdev, struct hid_input *hi)
 		break;
 	}
 
-	if (suffix) {
-		name = devm_kzalloc(&hi->input->dev,
-				    strlen(hdev->name) + strlen(suffix) + 2,
-				    GFP_KERNEL);
-		if (name) {
-			sprintf(name, "%s %s", hdev->name, suffix);
-			hi->input->name = name;
-		}
-	}
+	if (suffix)
+		hi->input->name = devm_kasprintf(&hdev->dev, GFP_KERNEL,
+						 "%s %s", hdev->name, suffix);
 
 	return 0;
 }