diff --git a/drivers/mtd/mtdcore.c b/drivers/mtd/mtdcore.c
index 686ada1a63e9..23250ce77174 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/mtdcore.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/mtdcore.c
@@ -884,8 +884,8 @@ static struct nvmem_device *mtd_otp_nvmem_register(struct mtd_info *mtd,
 
 	/* OTP nvmem will be registered on the physical device */
 	config.dev = mtd->dev.parent;
-	config.name = kasprintf(GFP_KERNEL, "%s-%s", dev_name(&mtd->dev), compatible);
-	config.id = NVMEM_DEVID_NONE;
+	config.name = compatible;
+	config.id = NVMEM_DEVID_AUTO;
 	config.owner = THIS_MODULE;
 	config.type = NVMEM_TYPE_OTP;
 	config.root_only = true;
@@ -901,7 +901,6 @@ static struct nvmem_device *mtd_otp_nvmem_register(struct mtd_info *mtd,
 		nvmem = NULL;
 
 	of_node_put(np);
-	kfree(config.name);
 
 	return nvmem;
 }