diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/llite_lib.c b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/llite_lib.c
index ee4bd89c0a18..bf1ec277a1dc 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/llite_lib.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/llite_lib.c
@@ -983,7 +983,7 @@ int ll_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, struct vfsmount *mnt)
 		goto out_free;
 	}
 
-	md = kasprintf(GFP_NOFS, "%s-%p", lprof->lp_dt, cfg->cfg_instance);
+	md = kasprintf(GFP_NOFS, "%s-%p", lprof->lp_md, cfg->cfg_instance);
 	if (!md) {
 		err = -ENOMEM;
 		goto out_free;