diff --git a/drivers/net/via-velocity.c b/drivers/net/via-velocity.c
index 2dced383bcfb..3590ea5a902d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/via-velocity.c
+++ b/drivers/net/via-velocity.c
@@ -521,7 +521,7 @@ static void __devexit velocity_remove1(struct pci_dev *pdev)
  *	we don't duplicate code for each option.
  */
 
-static void __devinit velocity_set_int_opt(int *opt, int val, int min, int max, int def, char *name, char *devname)
+static void __devinit velocity_set_int_opt(int *opt, int val, int min, int max, int def, char *name, const char *devname)
 {
 	if (val == -1)
 		*opt = def;
@@ -550,7 +550,7 @@ static void __devinit velocity_set_int_opt(int *opt, int val, int min, int max,
  *	we don't duplicate code for each option.
  */
 
-static void __devinit velocity_set_bool_opt(u32 * opt, int val, int def, u32 flag, char *name, char *devname)
+static void __devinit velocity_set_bool_opt(u32 * opt, int val, int def, u32 flag, char *name, const char *devname)
 {
 	(*opt) &= (~flag);
 	if (val == -1)
@@ -576,7 +576,7 @@ static void __devinit velocity_set_bool_opt(u32 * opt, int val, int def, u32 fla
  *	for the current device
  */
 
-static void __devinit velocity_get_options(struct velocity_opt *opts, int index, char *devname)
+static void __devinit velocity_get_options(struct velocity_opt *opts, int index, const char *devname)
 {
 
 	velocity_set_int_opt(&opts->rx_thresh, rx_thresh[index], RX_THRESH_MIN, RX_THRESH_MAX, RX_THRESH_DEF, "rx_thresh", devname);
@@ -863,6 +863,7 @@ static int __devinit velocity_found1(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_devi
 	static int first = 1;
 	struct net_device *dev;
 	int i;
+	const char *drv_string;
 	const struct velocity_info_tbl *info = &chip_info_table[ent->driver_data];
 	struct velocity_info *vptr;
 	struct mac_regs __iomem * regs;
@@ -935,7 +936,9 @@ static int __devinit velocity_found1(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_devi
 		dev->dev_addr[i] = readb(&regs->PAR[i]);
 
 
-	velocity_get_options(&vptr->options, velocity_nics, dev->name);
+	drv_string = dev_driver_string(&pdev->dev);
+
+	velocity_get_options(&vptr->options, velocity_nics, drv_string);
 
 	/*
 	 *	Mask out the options cannot be set to the chip