diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/vgem/vgem_drv.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/vgem/vgem_drv.c
index 7a207ca547be..6394547cf67a 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/vgem/vgem_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/vgem/vgem_drv.c
@@ -328,6 +328,8 @@ static int __init vgem_init(void)
 		goto out;
 	}
 
+	drm_dev_set_unique(vgem_device, "vgem");
+
 	ret  = drm_dev_register(vgem_device, 0);
 
 	if (ret)