diff --git a/drivers/firewire/fw-device.c b/drivers/firewire/fw-device.c
index 3fccdd4..6b9be42 100644
--- a/drivers/firewire/fw-device.c
+++ b/drivers/firewire/fw-device.c
@@ -587,8 +587,7 @@
 		unit->device.bus = &fw_bus_type;
 		unit->device.type = &fw_unit_type;
 		unit->device.parent = &device->device;
-		snprintf(unit->device.bus_id, sizeof(unit->device.bus_id),
-			 "%s.%d", device->device.bus_id, i++);
+		dev_set_name(&unit->device, "%s.%d", dev_name(&device->device), i++);
 
 		init_fw_attribute_group(&unit->device,
 					fw_unit_attributes,
@@ -711,8 +710,7 @@
 	device->device.type = &fw_device_type;
 	device->device.parent = device->card->device;
 	device->device.devt = MKDEV(fw_cdev_major, minor);
-	snprintf(device->device.bus_id, sizeof(device->device.bus_id),
-		 "fw%d", minor);
+	dev_set_name(&device->device, "fw%d", minor);
 
 	init_fw_attribute_group(&device->device,
 				fw_device_attributes,
@@ -741,13 +739,13 @@
 		if (device->config_rom_retries)
 			fw_notify("created device %s: GUID %08x%08x, S%d00, "
 				  "%d config ROM retries\n",
-				  device->device.bus_id,
+				  dev_name(&device->device),
 				  device->config_rom[3], device->config_rom[4],
 				  1 << device->max_speed,
 				  device->config_rom_retries);
 		else
 			fw_notify("created device %s: GUID %08x%08x, S%d00\n",
-				  device->device.bus_id,
+				  dev_name(&device->device),
 				  device->config_rom[3], device->config_rom[4],
 				  1 << device->max_speed);
 		device->config_rom_retries = 0;
@@ -883,12 +881,12 @@
 		    FW_DEVICE_RUNNING) == FW_DEVICE_SHUTDOWN)
 		goto gone;
 
-	fw_notify("refreshed device %s\n", device->device.bus_id);
+	fw_notify("refreshed device %s\n", dev_name(&device->device));
 	device->config_rom_retries = 0;
 	goto out;
 
  give_up:
-	fw_notify("giving up on refresh of device %s\n", device->device.bus_id);
+	fw_notify("giving up on refresh of device %s\n", dev_name(&device->device));
  gone:
 	atomic_set(&device->state, FW_DEVICE_SHUTDOWN);
 	fw_device_shutdown(work);
diff --git a/drivers/firewire/fw-ohci.c b/drivers/firewire/fw-ohci.c
index 8e16bfb..46610b0 100644
--- a/drivers/firewire/fw-ohci.c
+++ b/drivers/firewire/fw-ohci.c
@@ -2468,7 +2468,7 @@
 		goto fail_self_id;
 
 	fw_notify("Added fw-ohci device %s, OHCI version %x.%x\n",
-		  dev->dev.bus_id, version >> 16, version & 0xff);
+		  dev_name(&dev->dev), version >> 16, version & 0xff);
 	return 0;
 
  fail_self_id:
diff --git a/drivers/firewire/fw-sbp2.c b/drivers/firewire/fw-sbp2.c
index d334cac..97df6da 100644
--- a/drivers/firewire/fw-sbp2.c
+++ b/drivers/firewire/fw-sbp2.c
@@ -1135,7 +1135,7 @@
 	tgt->unit = unit;
 	kref_init(&tgt->kref);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&tgt->lu_list);
-	tgt->bus_id = unit->device.bus_id;
+	tgt->bus_id = dev_name(&unit->device);
 	tgt->guid = (u64)device->config_rom[3] << 32 | device->config_rom[4];
 
 	if (fw_device_enable_phys_dma(device) < 0)