diff --git a/sys/dev/wtap/wtap_hal/hal.c b/sys/dev/wtap/wtap_hal/hal.c
--- a/sys/dev/wtap/wtap_hal/hal.c
+++ b/sys/dev/wtap/wtap_hal/hal.c
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@
 	hal->hal_devs[id]->sc_md = hal->hal_md;
 	hal->hal_devs[id]->id = id;
 	snprintf(hal->hal_devs[id]->name, sizeof(hal->hal_devs[id]->name),
-	    "wlan%d", id);
+	    "wtap%d", id);
 	mtx_init(&hal->hal_devs[id]->sc_mtx, "wtap_softc mtx", NULL,
 	    MTX_DEF | MTX_RECURSE);