diff --git a/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-core.c b/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-core.c
index 9fc6f6b863e0..1d43333bbeb0 100644
--- a/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-core.c
+++ b/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-core.c
@@ -1328,33 +1328,36 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(coresight_loses_context_with_cpu);
  * duplicate indices for the same device (e.g, if we defer probing of
  * a device due to dependencies), in case the index is requested again.
  */
-char *coresight_alloc_device_name(struct coresight_dev_list *dict,
+const char *coresight_alloc_device_name(struct coresight_dev_list *dict,
 				  struct device *dev)
 {
 	int idx;
-	char *name = NULL;
+	const char *name = NULL;
 	struct fwnode_handle **list;
 
 	mutex_lock(&coresight_mutex);
 
-	idx = coresight_search_device_idx(dict, dev_fwnode(dev));
-	if (idx < 0) {
-		/* Make space for the new entry */
-		idx = dict->nr_idx;
-		list = krealloc_array(dict->fwnode_list,
-				      idx + 1, sizeof(*dict->fwnode_list),
-				      GFP_KERNEL);
-		if (ZERO_OR_NULL_PTR(list)) {
-			idx = -ENOMEM;
-			goto done;
+	name = coresight_get_device_name(dev);
+	if (!name) {
+		idx = coresight_search_device_idx(dict, dev_fwnode(dev));
+		if (idx < 0) {
+			/* Make space for the new entry */
+			idx = dict->nr_idx;
+			list = krealloc_array(dict->fwnode_list,
+					      idx + 1, sizeof(*dict->fwnode_list),
+					      GFP_KERNEL);
+			if (ZERO_OR_NULL_PTR(list)) {
+				idx = -ENOMEM;
+				goto done;
+			}
+
+			list[idx] = dev_fwnode(dev);
+			dict->fwnode_list = list;
+			dict->nr_idx = idx + 1;
 		}
 
-		list[idx] = dev_fwnode(dev);
-		dict->fwnode_list = list;
-		dict->nr_idx = idx + 1;
+		name = devm_kasprintf(dev, GFP_KERNEL, "%s%d", dict->pfx, idx);
 	}
-
-	name = devm_kasprintf(dev, GFP_KERNEL, "%s%d", dict->pfx, idx);
 done:
 	mutex_unlock(&coresight_mutex);
 	return name;
diff --git a/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-platform.c b/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-platform.c
index 64e171eaad82..66de52bd6c5e 100644
--- a/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-platform.c
+++ b/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-platform.c
@@ -183,6 +183,22 @@ static int of_coresight_get_cpu(struct device *dev)
 	return cpu;
 }
 
+static const char *of_coresight_get_device_name(struct device *dev)
+{
+	const char *name = NULL;
+
+	if (!dev->of_node)
+		return NULL;
+
+	/*
+	 * Get the device name from DT. The name describes the HW or
+	 * system the device is for.
+	 */
+	of_property_read_string(dev->of_node, "arm,cs-dev-name", &name);
+
+	return name;
+}
+
 /*
  * of_coresight_parse_endpoint : Parse the given output endpoint @ep
  * and fill the connection information in @pdata->out_conns
@@ -317,6 +333,11 @@ static inline int of_coresight_get_cpu(struct device *dev)
 {
 	return -ENODEV;
 }
+
+static inline const char *of_coresight_get_device_name(struct device *dev)
+{
+	return NULL;
+}
 #endif
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_ACPI
@@ -796,6 +817,15 @@ int coresight_get_cpu(struct device *dev)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(coresight_get_cpu);
 
+const char *coresight_get_device_name(struct device *dev)
+{
+	if (is_of_node(dev->fwnode))
+		return of_coresight_get_device_name(dev);
+	else
+		return NULL;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(coresight_get_device_name);
+
 struct coresight_platform_data *
 coresight_get_platform_data(struct device *dev)
 {
diff --git a/include/linux/coresight.h b/include/linux/coresight.h
index f09ace92176e..f021f3e93978 100644
--- a/include/linux/coresight.h
+++ b/include/linux/coresight.h
@@ -626,7 +626,7 @@ extern int coresight_claim_device_unlocked(struct coresight_device *csdev);
 
 extern void coresight_disclaim_device(struct coresight_device *csdev);
 extern void coresight_disclaim_device_unlocked(struct coresight_device *csdev);
-extern char *coresight_alloc_device_name(struct coresight_dev_list *devs,
+extern const char *coresight_alloc_device_name(struct coresight_dev_list *devs,
 					 struct device *dev);
 
 extern bool coresight_loses_context_with_cpu(struct device *dev);
@@ -643,6 +643,7 @@ void coresight_relaxed_write64(struct coresight_device *csdev,
 void coresight_write64(struct coresight_device *csdev, u64 val, u32 offset);
 
 extern int coresight_get_cpu(struct device *dev);
+extern const char *coresight_get_device_name(struct device *dev);
 
 struct coresight_platform_data *coresight_get_platform_data(struct device *dev);
 struct coresight_connection *
