diff --git a/drivers/block/aoe/aoeblk.c b/drivers/block/aoe/aoeblk.c
index a27804d71e122..5ca7216e9e01f 100644
--- a/drivers/block/aoe/aoeblk.c
+++ b/drivers/block/aoe/aoeblk.c
@@ -407,7 +407,6 @@ aoeblk_gdalloc(void *vp)
 	WARN_ON(d->gd);
 	WARN_ON(d->flags & DEVFL_UP);
 	blk_queue_max_hw_sectors(q, BLK_DEF_MAX_SECTORS);
-	q->backing_dev_info->name = "aoe";
 	q->backing_dev_info->ra_pages = READ_AHEAD / PAGE_SIZE;
 	d->bufpool = mp;
 	d->blkq = gd->queue = q;