diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/devlink.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/devlink.c
index a28f95df2901..1a351e2f6ace 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/devlink.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/devlink.c
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ mlx5_devlink_info_get(struct devlink *devlink, struct devlink_info_req *req,
 	u32 running_fw, stored_fw;
 	int err;
 
-	err = devlink_info_driver_name_put(req, DRIVER_NAME);
+	err = devlink_info_driver_name_put(req, KBUILD_MODNAME);
 	if (err)
 		return err;
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_ethtool.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_ethtool.c
index d25a56ec6876..bcff18a87bcd 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_ethtool.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_ethtool.c
@@ -40,9 +40,7 @@ void mlx5e_ethtool_get_drvinfo(struct mlx5e_priv *priv,
 {
 	struct mlx5_core_dev *mdev = priv->mdev;
 
-	strlcpy(drvinfo->driver, DRIVER_NAME, sizeof(drvinfo->driver));
-	strlcpy(drvinfo->version, DRIVER_VERSION,
-		sizeof(drvinfo->version));
+	strlcpy(drvinfo->driver, KBUILD_MODNAME, sizeof(drvinfo->driver));
 	snprintf(drvinfo->fw_version, sizeof(drvinfo->fw_version),
 		 "%d.%d.%04d (%.16s)",
 		 fw_rev_maj(mdev), fw_rev_min(mdev), fw_rev_sub(mdev),
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_rep.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_rep.c
index 67247c33b9fd..ef2f8889ba0f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_rep.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_rep.c
@@ -64,7 +64,6 @@ static void mlx5e_rep_get_drvinfo(struct net_device *dev,
 
 	strlcpy(drvinfo->driver, mlx5e_rep_driver_name,
 		sizeof(drvinfo->driver));
-	strlcpy(drvinfo->version, UTS_RELEASE, sizeof(drvinfo->version));
 	snprintf(drvinfo->fw_version, sizeof(drvinfo->fw_version),
 		 "%d.%d.%04d (%.16s)",
 		 fw_rev_maj(mdev), fw_rev_min(mdev),
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/ipoib/ethtool.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/ipoib/ethtool.c
index cac8f085b16d..97d96fc38a65 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/ipoib/ethtool.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/ipoib/ethtool.c
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ static void mlx5i_get_drvinfo(struct net_device *dev,
 	struct mlx5e_priv *priv = mlx5i_epriv(dev);
 
 	mlx5e_ethtool_get_drvinfo(priv, drvinfo);
-	strlcpy(drvinfo->driver, DRIVER_NAME "[ib_ipoib]",
+	strlcpy(drvinfo->driver, KBUILD_MODNAME "[ib_ipoib]",
 		sizeof(drvinfo->driver));
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/main.c
index e455a2f31f07..daef141931e7 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/main.c
@@ -77,7 +77,6 @@
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Eli Cohen <eli@mellanox.com>");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Mellanox 5th generation network adapters (ConnectX series) core driver");
 MODULE_LICENSE("Dual BSD/GPL");
-MODULE_VERSION(DRIVER_VERSION);
 
 unsigned int mlx5_core_debug_mask;
 module_param_named(debug_mask, mlx5_core_debug_mask, uint, 0644);
@@ -228,7 +227,7 @@ static void mlx5_set_driver_version(struct mlx5_core_dev *dev)
 	strncat(string, ",", remaining_size);
 
 	remaining_size = max_t(int, 0, driver_ver_sz - strlen(string));
-	strncat(string, DRIVER_NAME, remaining_size);
+	strncat(string, KBUILD_MODNAME, remaining_size);
 
 	remaining_size = max_t(int, 0, driver_ver_sz - strlen(string));
 	strncat(string, ",", remaining_size);
@@ -313,7 +312,7 @@ static int request_bar(struct pci_dev *pdev)
 		return -ENODEV;
 	}
 
-	err = pci_request_regions(pdev, DRIVER_NAME);
+	err = pci_request_regions(pdev, KBUILD_MODNAME);
 	if (err)
 		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "Couldn't get PCI resources, aborting\n");
 
@@ -1617,7 +1616,7 @@ void mlx5_recover_device(struct mlx5_core_dev *dev)
 }
 
 static struct pci_driver mlx5_core_driver = {
-	.name           = DRIVER_NAME,
+	.name           = KBUILD_MODNAME,
 	.id_table       = mlx5_core_pci_table,
 	.probe          = init_one,
 	.remove         = remove_one,
@@ -1643,6 +1642,9 @@ static int __init init(void)
 {
 	int err;
 
+	WARN_ONCE(strcmp(MLX5_ADEV_NAME, KBUILD_MODNAME),
+		  "mlx5_core name not in sync with kernel module name");
+
 	get_random_bytes(&sw_owner_id, sizeof(sw_owner_id));
 
 	mlx5_core_verify_params();
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/mlx5_core.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/mlx5_core.h
index 8cec85ab419d..b285f1515e4e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/mlx5_core.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/mlx5_core.h
@@ -42,9 +42,6 @@
 #include <linux/mlx5/fs.h>
 #include <linux/mlx5/driver.h>
 
-#define DRIVER_NAME "mlx5_core"
-#define DRIVER_VERSION "5.0-0"
-
 extern uint mlx5_core_debug_mask;
 
 #define mlx5_core_dbg(__dev, format, ...)				\
diff --git a/include/linux/mlx5/driver.h b/include/linux/mlx5/driver.h
index 0f23e1ed5e71..5f04495c33d7 100644
--- a/include/linux/mlx5/driver.h
+++ b/include/linux/mlx5/driver.h
@@ -56,6 +56,8 @@
 #include <linux/ptp_clock_kernel.h>
 #include <net/devlink.h>
 
+#define MLX5_ADEV_NAME "mlx5_core"
+
 enum {
 	MLX5_BOARD_ID_LEN = 64,
 };