diff --git a/drivers/tty/tty_io.c b/drivers/tty/tty_io.c
index bd2715a..c74a00a 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/tty_io.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/tty_io.c
@@ -1267,17 +1267,16 @@
  *	@p: output buffer of at least 7 bytes
  *
  *	Generate a name from a driver reference and write it to the output
- *	buffer. Return the number of bytes written.
+ *	buffer.
  *
  *	Locking: None
  */
-static ssize_t tty_line_name(struct tty_driver *driver, int index, char *p)
+static void tty_line_name(struct tty_driver *driver, int index, char *p)
 {
 	if (driver->flags & TTY_DRIVER_UNNUMBERED_NODE)
-		return sprintf(p, "%s", driver->name);
+		strcpy(p, driver->name);
 	else
-		return sprintf(p, "%s%d", driver->name,
-			       index + driver->name_base);
+		sprintf(p, "%s%d", driver->name, index + driver->name_base);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -3546,19 +3545,9 @@
 		if (i >= ARRAY_SIZE(cs))
 			break;
 	}
-	while (i--) {
-		struct tty_driver *driver;
-		const char *name = cs[i]->name;
-		int index = cs[i]->index;
-
-		driver = cs[i]->device(cs[i], &index);
-		if (driver) {
-			count += tty_line_name(driver, index, buf + count);
-			count += sprintf(buf + count, "%c", i ? ' ':'\n');
-		} else
-			count += sprintf(buf + count, "%s%d%c",
-					 name, index, i ? ' ':'\n');
-	}
+	while (i--)
+		count += sprintf(buf + count, "%s%d%c",
+				 cs[i]->name, cs[i]->index, i ? ' ':'\n');
 	console_unlock();
 
 	return count;