diff --git a/device/device.c b/device/device.c
index b6bc87bff0..0fce2fec93 100644
--- a/device/device.c
+++ b/device/device.c
@@ -221,10 +221,6 @@ struct device *alloc_dev(struct bus *parent, struct device_path *path,
 	last_dev_p = &dev->next;
 
 	/* Give the device a name. */
-	dev->dtsname = malloc(32);
-	if (dev->dtsname == NULL) {
-		die("DEV: out of memory.\n");
-	}
 	sprintf(dev->dtsname, "dynamic %s", dev_path(dev));
 
 	// spin_unlock(&dev_lock);
diff --git a/include/device/device.h b/include/device/device.h
index 8b67ad64bb..f66234d8ba 100644
--- a/include/device/device.h
+++ b/include/device/device.h
@@ -169,6 +169,7 @@ struct bus {
 
 #define MAX_RESOURCES 12
 #define MAX_LINKS    8 
+#define MAX_DTSNAME_SIZE 64
 /*
  * There is one device structure for each slot-number/function-number
  * combination:
@@ -181,7 +182,7 @@ struct device {
 	struct device *	next;		/* chain of all devices */
 
 	struct device_path path;
-	char *		dtsname;	/* the name from the dts */
+	char 		dtsname[MAX_DTSNAME_SIZE];	/* the name from the dts */
 	unsigned 	vendor;
 	unsigned 	device;
 	unsigned int	class;		/* 3 bytes: (base,sub,prog-if) */