diff --git a/drivers/xen/evtchn.c b/drivers/xen/evtchn.c
index 6a3a12945d0..68119f6324d 100644
--- a/drivers/xen/evtchn.c
+++ b/drivers/xen/evtchn.c
@@ -517,7 +517,7 @@ static const struct file_operations evtchn_fops = {
 
 static struct miscdevice evtchn_miscdev = {
 	.minor        = MISC_DYNAMIC_MINOR,
-	.name         = "evtchn",
+	.name         = "xen/evtchn",
 	.fops         = &evtchn_fops,
 };
 static int __init evtchn_init(void)