diff --git a/sys/dev/sound/pcm/channel.c b/sys/dev/sound/pcm/channel.c
--- a/sys/dev/sound/pcm/channel.c
+++ b/sys/dev/sound/pcm/channel.c
@@ -1182,7 +1182,7 @@
 	struct pcm_channel *c;
 	struct feeder_class *fc;
 	struct snd_dbuf *b, *bs;
-	char *dirs, buf[CHN_NAMELEN];
+	char buf[CHN_NAMELEN];
 	int i, direction, type;
 
 	PCM_BUSYASSERT(d);
@@ -1190,22 +1190,18 @@
 
 	switch (dir) {
 	case PCMDIR_PLAY:
-		dirs = "play";
 		direction = PCMDIR_PLAY;
 		type = SND_DEV_DSPHW_PLAY;
 		break;
 	case PCMDIR_PLAY_VIRTUAL:
-		dirs = "virtual_play";
 		direction = PCMDIR_PLAY;
 		type = SND_DEV_DSPHW_VPLAY;
 		break;
 	case PCMDIR_REC:
-		dirs = "record";
 		direction = PCMDIR_REC;
 		type = SND_DEV_DSPHW_REC;
 		break;
 	case PCMDIR_REC_VIRTUAL:
-		dirs = "virtual_record";
 		direction = PCMDIR_REC;
 		type = SND_DEV_DSPHW_VREC;
 		break;
@@ -1239,9 +1235,7 @@
 	c->dev = d->dev;
 	c->trigger = PCMTRIG_STOP;
 
-	snprintf(c->name, sizeof(c->name), "%s:%s:%s",
-	    device_get_nameunit(c->dev), dirs,
-	    dsp_unit2name(buf, sizeof(buf), c));
+	strlcpy(c->name, dsp_unit2name(buf, sizeof(buf), c), sizeof(c->name));
 
 	c->matrix = *feeder_matrix_id_map(SND_CHN_MATRIX_1_0);
 	c->matrix.id = SND_CHN_MATRIX_PCMCHANNEL;
diff --git a/sys/dev/sound/pcm/dsp.c b/sys/dev/sound/pcm/dsp.c
--- a/sys/dev/sound/pcm/dsp.c
+++ b/sys/dev/sound/pcm/dsp.c
@@ -170,17 +170,17 @@
 	char *sep;
 	char *alias;
 } dsp_cdevs[] = {
-	{ SND_DEV_DSP,         "dsp",    ".", NULL },
-	{ SND_DEV_DSPHW_PLAY,  "dsp",   ".p", NULL },
-	{ SND_DEV_DSPHW_VPLAY, "dsp",  ".vp", NULL },
-	{ SND_DEV_DSPHW_REC,   "dsp",   ".r", NULL },
-	{ SND_DEV_DSPHW_VREC,  "dsp",  ".vr", NULL },
+	{ SND_DEV_DSP,         "dsp",	".",			NULL },
+	{ SND_DEV_DSPHW_PLAY,  "dsp",   ".play.",		NULL },
+	{ SND_DEV_DSPHW_VPLAY, "dsp",	".virtual_play.",	NULL },
+	{ SND_DEV_DSPHW_REC,   "dsp",   ".record.",		NULL },
+	{ SND_DEV_DSPHW_VREC,  "dsp",	".virtual_record.",	NULL },
 	/* Low priority, OSSv4 aliases. */
-	{ SND_DEV_DSP,      "dsp_ac3",   ".", "dsp" },
-	{ SND_DEV_DSP,     "dsp_mmap",   ".", "dsp" },
-	{ SND_DEV_DSP,  "dsp_multich",   ".", "dsp" },
-	{ SND_DEV_DSP, "dsp_spdifout",   ".", "dsp" },
-	{ SND_DEV_DSP,  "dsp_spdifin",   ".", "dsp" },
+	{ SND_DEV_DSP,      "dsp_ac3",   ".",			"dsp" },
+	{ SND_DEV_DSP,     "dsp_mmap",   ".",			"dsp" },
+	{ SND_DEV_DSP,  "dsp_multich",   ".",			"dsp" },
+	{ SND_DEV_DSP, "dsp_spdifout",   ".",			"dsp" },
+	{ SND_DEV_DSP,  "dsp_spdifin",   ".",			"dsp" },
 };
 
 static void