#ifdef CONFIG_SND_HDA_GENERIC
 #define is_generic_config(codec) \
-       (codec->bus->modelname && !strcmp(codec->bus->modelname, "generic"))
+       (codec->modelname && !strcmp(codec->modelname, "generic"))
 #else
 #define is_generic_config(codec)       0
 #endif
 }
 
 /*
- * snd_hda_get_codec_name - store the codec name
+ * get_codec_name - store the codec name
  */
-void snd_hda_get_codec_name(struct hda_codec *codec,
-                           char *name, int namelen)
+static int get_codec_name(struct hda_codec *codec)
 {
        const struct hda_vendor_id *c;
        const char *vendor = NULL;
        u16 vendor_id = codec->vendor_id >> 16;
-       char tmp[16];
+       char tmp[16], name[32];
 
        for (c = hda_vendor_ids; c->id; c++) {
                if (c->id == vendor_id) {
                vendor = tmp;
        }
        if (codec->preset && codec->preset->name)
-               snprintf(name, namelen, "%s %s", vendor, codec->preset->name);
+               snprintf(name, sizeof(name), "%s %s", vendor,
+                        codec->preset->name);
        else
-               snprintf(name, namelen, "%s ID %x", vendor,
+               snprintf(name, sizeof(name), "%s ID %x", vendor,
                         codec->vendor_id & 0xffff);
+       codec->name = kstrdup(name, GFP_KERNEL);
+       if (!codec->name)
+               return -ENOMEM;
+       return 0;
 }
 
 /*
                codec->patch_ops.free(codec);
        free_hda_cache(&codec->amp_cache);
        free_hda_cache(&codec->cmd_cache);
+       kfree(codec->name);
+       kfree(codec->modelname);
        kfree(codec->wcaps);
        kfree(codec);
 }
                        snd_hda_codec_read(codec, nid, 0,
                                           AC_VERB_GET_SUBSYSTEM_ID, 0);
        }
+       if (bus->modelname)
+               codec->modelname = kstrdup(bus->modelname, GFP_KERNEL);
 
        codec->preset = find_codec_preset(codec);
+       if (!codec->name) {
+               err = get_codec_name(codec);
+               if (err < 0)
+                       return err;
+       }
        /* audio codec should override the mixer name */
-       if (codec->afg || !*bus->card->mixername)
-               snd_hda_get_codec_name(codec, bus->card->mixername,
-                                      sizeof(bus->card->mixername));
+       if (codec->afg || !*codec->bus->card->mixername)
+               strlcpy(codec->bus->card->mixername, codec->name,
+                       sizeof(codec->bus->card->mixername));
 
        if (is_generic_config(codec)) {
                err = snd_hda_parse_generic_codec(codec);
                               int num_configs, const char **models,
                               const struct snd_pci_quirk *tbl)
 {
-       if (codec->bus->modelname && models) {
+       if (codec->modelname && models) {
                int i;
                for (i = 0; i < num_configs; i++) {
                        if (models[i] &&
-                           !strcmp(codec->bus->modelname, models[i])) {
+                           !strcmp(codec->modelname, models[i])) {
                                snd_printd(KERN_INFO "hda_codec: model '%s' is "
                                           "selected\n", models[i]);
                                return i;
 
                             struct snd_info_buffer *buffer)
 {
        struct hda_codec *codec = entry->private_data;
-       char buf[32];
        hda_nid_t nid;
        int i, nodes;
 
-       snd_hda_get_codec_name(codec, buf, sizeof(buf));
-       snd_iprintf(buffer, "Codec: %s\n", buf);
+       snd_iprintf(buffer, "Codec: %s\n",
+                   codec->name ? codec->name : "Not Set");
        snd_iprintf(buffer, "Address: %d\n", codec->addr);
        snd_iprintf(buffer, "Vendor Id: 0x%x\n", codec->vendor_id);
        snd_iprintf(buffer, "Subsystem Id: 0x%x\n", codec->subsystem_id);