diff --git a/fs/pstore/platform.c b/fs/pstore/platform.c
index 715396bef0ea..e8690d8606e0 100644
--- a/fs/pstore/platform.c
+++ b/fs/pstore/platform.c
@@ -514,13 +514,15 @@ static void pstore_console_write(struct console *con, const char *s, unsigned c)
 }
 
 static struct console pstore_console = {
-	.name	= "pstore",
 	.write	= pstore_console_write,
 	.index	= -1,
 };
 
 static void pstore_register_console(void)
 {
+	/* Show which backend is going to get console writes. */
+	strscpy(pstore_console.name, psinfo->name,
+		sizeof(pstore_console.name));
 	/*
 	 * Always initialize flags here since prior unregister_console()
 	 * calls may have changed settings (specifically CON_ENABLED).
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/pstore/pstore_tests b/tools/testing/selftests/pstore/pstore_tests
index 1cef54458aff..2aa9a3852a84 100755
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/pstore/pstore_tests
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/pstore/pstore_tests
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 . ./common_tests
 
 prlog -n "Checking pstore console is registered ... "
-dmesg | grep -q "console \[pstore"
+dmesg | grep -Eq "console \[(pstore|${backend})"
 show_result $?
 
 prlog -n "Checking /dev/pmsg0 exists ... "