diff --git a/drivers/misc/enclosure.c b/drivers/misc/enclosure.c
index 3cf61ece71d7..348443bdb23b 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/enclosure.c
+++ b/drivers/misc/enclosure.c
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ enclosure_register(struct device *dev, const char *name, int components,
 	edev->edev.class = &enclosure_class;
 	edev->edev.parent = get_device(dev);
 	edev->cb = cb;
-	dev_set_name(&edev->edev, name);
+	dev_set_name(&edev->edev, "%s", name);
 	err = device_register(&edev->edev);
 	if (err)
 		goto err;
@@ -255,8 +255,8 @@ enclosure_component_register(struct enclosure_device *edev,
 	ecomp->number = number;
 	cdev = &ecomp->cdev;
 	cdev->parent = get_device(&edev->edev);
-	if (name)
-		dev_set_name(cdev, name);
+	if (name && name[0])
+		dev_set_name(cdev, "%s", name);
 	else
 		dev_set_name(cdev, "%u", number);