diff --git a/include/linux/device.h b/include/linux/device.h
index 832fb0e..8c23e3d 100644
--- a/include/linux/device.h
+++ b/include/linux/device.h
@@ -380,6 +380,12 @@
 /* Get the wakeup routines, which depend on struct device */
 #include <linux/pm_wakeup.h>
 
+static inline const char *dev_name(struct device *dev)
+{
+	/* will be changed into kobject_name(&dev->kobj) in the near future */
+	return dev->bus_id;
+}
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_NUMA
 static inline int dev_to_node(struct device *dev)
 {
@@ -478,7 +484,7 @@
 extern const char *dev_driver_string(struct device *dev);
 #define dev_printk(level, dev, format, arg...)	\
 	printk(level "%s %s: " format , dev_driver_string(dev) , \
-	       (dev)->bus_id , ## arg)
+	       dev_name(dev) , ## arg)
 
 #define dev_emerg(dev, format, arg...)		\
 	dev_printk(KERN_EMERG , dev , format , ## arg)