diff --git a/drivers/edac/edac_mc_sysfs.c b/drivers/edac/edac_mc_sysfs.c
index 4a0576bd06fc93..3706b2bc0987f8 100644
--- a/drivers/edac/edac_mc_sysfs.c
+++ b/drivers/edac/edac_mc_sysfs.c
@@ -743,7 +743,7 @@ static struct kobj_type ktype_mc_set_attribs = {
  *	/sys/devices/system/edac/mc
  */
 static struct kset mc_kset = {
-	.kobj = {.name = "mc", .ktype = &ktype_mc_set_attribs },
+	.kobj = {.ktype = &ktype_mc_set_attribs },
 	.ktype = &ktype_mci,
 };
 
@@ -1010,6 +1010,7 @@ int edac_sysfs_setup_mc_kset(void)
 	}
 
 	/* Init the MC's kobject */
+	kobject_set_name(&mc_kset.kobj, "mc");
 	mc_kset.kobj.parent = &edac_class->kset.kobj;
 
 	/* register the mc_kset */
diff --git a/drivers/pci/hotplug/rpadlpar_sysfs.c b/drivers/pci/hotplug/rpadlpar_sysfs.c
index df076064a3e07d..a080fedf03327f 100644
--- a/drivers/pci/hotplug/rpadlpar_sysfs.c
+++ b/drivers/pci/hotplug/rpadlpar_sysfs.c
@@ -129,17 +129,17 @@ struct kobj_type ktype_dlpar_io = {
 };
 
 struct kset dlpar_io_kset = {
-	.kobj = {.name = DLPAR_KOBJ_NAME,
-		 .ktype = &ktype_dlpar_io,
+	.kobj = {.ktype = &ktype_dlpar_io,
 		 .parent = &pci_hotplug_slots_subsys.kobj},
 	.ktype = &ktype_dlpar_io,
 };
 
 int dlpar_sysfs_init(void)
 {
+	kobject_set_name(&dlpar_io_kset.kobj, DLPAR_KOBJ_NAME);
 	if (kset_register(&dlpar_io_kset)) {
 		printk(KERN_ERR "rpadlpar_io: cannot register kset for %s\n",
-				dlpar_io_kset.kobj.name);
+				kobject_name(&dlpar_io_kset.kobj));
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
diff --git a/fs/dlm/lockspace.c b/fs/dlm/lockspace.c
index 1dc72105ab1251..f88f88fdedf1f2 100644
--- a/fs/dlm/lockspace.c
+++ b/fs/dlm/lockspace.c
@@ -167,7 +167,6 @@ static struct kobj_type dlm_ktype = {
 };
 
 static struct kset dlm_kset = {
-	.kobj   = {.name = "dlm",},
 	.ktype  = &dlm_ktype,
 };
 
@@ -228,6 +227,7 @@ int dlm_lockspace_init(void)
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&lslist);
 	spin_lock_init(&lslist_lock);
 
+	kobject_set_name(&dlm_kset.kobj, "dlm");
 	kobj_set_kset_s(&dlm_kset, kernel_subsys);
 	error = kset_register(&dlm_kset);
 	if (error)
diff --git a/fs/gfs2/locking/dlm/sysfs.c b/fs/gfs2/locking/dlm/sysfs.c
index d9fe3ca40e1859..ae9e6a25fe2ba6 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/locking/dlm/sysfs.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/locking/dlm/sysfs.c
@@ -190,7 +190,6 @@ static struct kobj_type gdlm_ktype = {
 };
 
 static struct kset gdlm_kset = {
-	.kobj   = {.name = "lock_dlm",},
 	.ktype  = &gdlm_ktype,
 };
 
@@ -224,6 +223,7 @@ int gdlm_sysfs_init(void)
 {
 	int error;
 
+	kobject_set_name(&gdlm_kset.kobj, "lock_dlm");
 	kobj_set_kset_s(&gdlm_kset, kernel_subsys);
 	error = kset_register(&gdlm_kset);
 	if (error)
diff --git a/fs/gfs2/sys.c b/fs/gfs2/sys.c
index c26c21b53c19a2..640cb6a6fc4ce2 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/sys.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/sys.c
@@ -222,7 +222,6 @@ static struct kobj_type gfs2_ktype = {
 };
 
 static struct kset gfs2_kset = {
-	.kobj   = {.name = "gfs2"},
 	.ktype  = &gfs2_ktype,
 };
 
@@ -553,6 +552,7 @@ int gfs2_sys_init(void)
 {
 	gfs2_sys_margs = NULL;
 	spin_lock_init(&gfs2_sys_margs_lock);
+	kobject_set_name(&gfs2_kset.kobj, "gfs2");
 	kobj_set_kset_s(&gfs2_kset, fs_subsys);
 	return kset_register(&gfs2_kset);
 }
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/cluster/masklog.c b/fs/ocfs2/cluster/masklog.c
index e9e042b93dbf52..a4882c8df945ef 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/cluster/masklog.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/cluster/masklog.c
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ static struct kobj_type mlog_ktype = {
 };
 
 static struct kset mlog_kset = {
-	.kobj   = {.name = "logmask", .ktype = &mlog_ktype},
+	.kobj   = {.ktype = &mlog_ktype},
 };
 
 int mlog_sys_init(struct kset *o2cb_subsys)
@@ -156,6 +156,7 @@ int mlog_sys_init(struct kset *o2cb_subsys)
 	}
 	mlog_attr_ptrs[i] = NULL;
 
+	kobject_set_name(&mlog_kset.kobj, "logmask");
 	kobj_set_kset_s(&mlog_kset, *o2cb_subsys);
 	return kset_register(&mlog_kset);
 }