diff --git a/drivers/base/platform.c b/drivers/base/platform.c
index 0cad9c7f6bb5..cd7157575e58 100644
--- a/drivers/base/platform.c
+++ b/drivers/base/platform.c
@@ -614,7 +614,7 @@ static int platform_uevent(struct device *dev, struct kobj_uevent_env *env)
 		return rc;
 
 	add_uevent_var(env, "MODALIAS=%s%s", PLATFORM_MODULE_PREFIX,
-		(pdev->id_entry) ? pdev->id_entry->name : pdev->name);
+			pdev->name);
 	return 0;
 }