diff --git a/sound/soc/soc-core.c b/sound/soc/soc-core.c
index ac0fa22..cea0fe4 100644
--- a/sound/soc/soc-core.c
+++ b/sound/soc/soc-core.c
@@ -234,16 +234,7 @@
 
 static void soc_init_codec_debugfs(struct snd_soc_codec *codec)
 {
-	char codec_root[128];
-
-	if (codec->dev)
-		snprintf(codec_root, sizeof(codec_root),
-			"%s.%s", codec->name, dev_name(codec->dev));
-	else
-		snprintf(codec_root, sizeof(codec_root),
-			"%s", codec->name);
-
-	codec->debugfs_codec_root = debugfs_create_dir(codec_root,
+	codec->debugfs_codec_root = debugfs_create_dir(codec->name ,
 						       debugfs_root);
 	if (!codec->debugfs_codec_root) {
 		printk(KERN_WARNING