diff --git a/drivers/net/skge.c b/drivers/net/skge.c
index 2bb21ffbde3..01f6811f132 100644
--- a/drivers/net/skge.c
+++ b/drivers/net/skge.c
@@ -3935,11 +3935,14 @@ static int __devinit skge_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev,
 #endif
 
 	err = -ENOMEM;
-	hw = kzalloc(sizeof(*hw), GFP_KERNEL);
+	/* space for skge@pci:0000:04:00.0 */
+	hw = kzalloc(sizeof(*hw) + strlen(DRV_NAME "@pci:" )
+		     + strlen(pci_name(pdev)) + 1, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!hw) {
 		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "cannot allocate hardware struct\n");
 		goto err_out_free_regions;
 	}
+	sprintf(hw->irq_name, DRV_NAME "@pci:%s", pci_name(pdev));
 
 	hw->pdev = pdev;
 	spin_lock_init(&hw->hw_lock);
@@ -3974,7 +3977,7 @@ static int __devinit skge_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev,
 		goto err_out_free_netdev;
 	}
 
-	err = request_irq(pdev->irq, skge_intr, IRQF_SHARED, dev->name, hw);
+	err = request_irq(pdev->irq, skge_intr, IRQF_SHARED, hw->irq_name, hw);
 	if (err) {
 		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "%s: cannot assign irq %d\n",
 		       dev->name, pdev->irq);
diff --git a/drivers/net/skge.h b/drivers/net/skge.h
index 17caccbb768..831de1b6e96 100644
--- a/drivers/net/skge.h
+++ b/drivers/net/skge.h
@@ -2423,6 +2423,8 @@ struct skge_hw {
 	u16		     phy_addr;
 	spinlock_t	     phy_lock;
 	struct tasklet_struct phy_task;
+
+	char		     irq_name[0]; /* skge@pci:000:04:00.0 */
 };
 
 enum pause_control {