diff --git a/arch/x86/events/zhaoxin/uncore.c b/arch/x86/events/zhaoxin/uncore.c
index 19264e48db5d79fc8b89c894c40b407b947d9c53..a8245771cf5d0140a962e245ea3996ef6ddbb437 100644
--- a/arch/x86/events/zhaoxin/uncore.c
+++ b/arch/x86/events/zhaoxin/uncore.c
@@ -1671,6 +1671,7 @@ static void uncore_pci_remove(struct pci_dev *pdev)
 	struct zhaoxin_uncore_box **boxes = pci_get_drvdata(pdev);
 	struct zhaoxin_uncore_box *box;
 	struct zhaoxin_uncore_pmu *pmu;
+	const char *name;
 	int subnode_id;
 	int i = 0;
 
@@ -1681,6 +1682,7 @@ static void uncore_pci_remove(struct pci_dev *pdev)
 again:
 	box = boxes[i];
 	pmu = box->pmu;
+	name = box->pmu->type->name;
 	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(subnode_id != box->subnode_id))
 		return;
 
@@ -1691,7 +1693,7 @@ static void uncore_pci_remove(struct pci_dev *pdev)
 	uncore_box_exit(box);
 	kfree(box);
 
-	if (!strcmp(box->pmu->type->name, "mc0")) {
+	if (!strcmp(name, "mc0")) {
 		i++;
 		goto again;
 	}