diff --git a/drivers/net/cxgb4/cxgb4.h b/drivers/net/cxgb4/cxgb4.h
index f3d9f64188f..9caf95f086e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/cxgb4/cxgb4.h
+++ b/drivers/net/cxgb4/cxgb4.h
@@ -486,7 +486,6 @@ struct adapter {
 	unsigned int fn;
 	unsigned int flags;
 
-	const char *name;
 	int msg_enable;
 
 	struct adapter_params params;
diff --git a/drivers/net/cxgb4/cxgb4_main.c b/drivers/net/cxgb4/cxgb4_main.c
index 7e26fe5efbb..4d7565cf74e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/cxgb4/cxgb4_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/cxgb4/cxgb4_main.c
@@ -525,10 +525,11 @@ static void name_msix_vecs(struct adapter *adap)
 	int i, j, msi_idx = 2, n = sizeof(adap->msix_info[0].desc);
 
 	/* non-data interrupts */
-	snprintf(adap->msix_info[0].desc, n, "%s", adap->name);
+	snprintf(adap->msix_info[0].desc, n, "%s", adap->port[0]->name);
 
 	/* FW events */
-	snprintf(adap->msix_info[1].desc, n, "%s-FWeventq", adap->name);
+	snprintf(adap->msix_info[1].desc, n, "%s-FWeventq",
+		 adap->port[0]->name);
 
 	/* Ethernet queues */
 	for_each_port(adap, j) {
@@ -543,11 +544,11 @@ static void name_msix_vecs(struct adapter *adap)
 	/* offload queues */
 	for_each_ofldrxq(&adap->sge, i)
 		snprintf(adap->msix_info[msi_idx++].desc, n, "%s-ofld%d",
-			 adap->name, i);
+			 adap->port[0]->name, i);
 
 	for_each_rdmarxq(&adap->sge, i)
 		snprintf(adap->msix_info[msi_idx++].desc, n, "%s-rdma%d",
-			 adap->name, i);
+			 adap->port[0]->name, i);
 }
 
 static int request_msix_queue_irqs(struct adapter *adap)
@@ -2664,7 +2665,7 @@ static int cxgb_up(struct adapter *adap)
 	} else {
 		err = request_irq(adap->pdev->irq, t4_intr_handler(adap),
 				  (adap->flags & USING_MSI) ? 0 : IRQF_SHARED,
-				  adap->name, adap);
+				  adap->port[0]->name, adap);
 		if (err)
 			goto irq_err;
 	}
@@ -3627,7 +3628,6 @@ static int __devinit init_one(struct pci_dev *pdev,
 	adapter->pdev = pdev;
 	adapter->pdev_dev = &pdev->dev;
 	adapter->fn = func;
-	adapter->name = pci_name(pdev);
 	adapter->msg_enable = dflt_msg_enable;
 	memset(adapter->chan_map, 0xff, sizeof(adapter->chan_map));
 
@@ -3724,26 +3724,19 @@ static int __devinit init_one(struct pci_dev *pdev,
 
 		err = register_netdev(adapter->port[i]);
 		if (err)
-			dev_warn(&pdev->dev,
-				 "cannot register net device %s, skipping\n",
-				 adapter->port[i]->name);
-		else {
-			/*
-			 * Change the name we use for messages to the name of
-			 * the first successfully registered interface.
-			 */
-			if (!adapter->registered_device_map)
-				adapter->name = adapter->port[i]->name;
-
-			__set_bit(i, &adapter->registered_device_map);
-			adapter->chan_map[pi->tx_chan] = i;
-			print_port_info(adapter->port[i]);
-		}
+			break;
+		__set_bit(i, &adapter->registered_device_map);
+		adapter->chan_map[pi->tx_chan] = i;
+		print_port_info(adapter->port[i]);
 	}
-	if (!adapter->registered_device_map) {
+	if (i == 0) {
 		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "could not register any net devices\n");
 		goto out_free_dev;
 	}
+	if (err) {
+		dev_warn(&pdev->dev, "only %d net devices registered\n", i);
+		err = 0;
+	};
 
 	if (cxgb4_debugfs_root) {
 		adapter->debugfs_root = debugfs_create_dir(pci_name(pdev),