diff --git a/include/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_l3proto.h b/include/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_l3proto.h
index 6a27ffea7480be..e31861e4fa6aa9 100644
--- a/include/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_l3proto.h
+++ b/include/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_l3proto.h
@@ -23,9 +23,6 @@ struct nf_conntrack_l3proto {
 	/* size of tuple nlattr, fills a hole */
 	u16 nla_size;
 
-	/* Protocol name */
-	const char *name;
-
 	/*
 	 * Try to fill in the third arg: nhoff is offset of l3 proto
          * hdr.  Return true if possible.
diff --git a/net/ipv4/netfilter/nf_conntrack_l3proto_ipv4.c b/net/ipv4/netfilter/nf_conntrack_l3proto_ipv4.c
index 9fb8cb033d8043..9f7ea862068cab 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/netfilter/nf_conntrack_l3proto_ipv4.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/netfilter/nf_conntrack_l3proto_ipv4.c
@@ -353,7 +353,6 @@ static void ipv4_hooks_unregister(struct net *net)
 
 struct nf_conntrack_l3proto nf_conntrack_l3proto_ipv4 __read_mostly = {
 	.l3proto	 = PF_INET,
-	.name		 = "ipv4",
 	.pkt_to_tuple	 = ipv4_pkt_to_tuple,
 	.invert_tuple	 = ipv4_invert_tuple,
 	.print_tuple	 = ipv4_print_tuple,
diff --git a/net/ipv6/netfilter/nf_conntrack_l3proto_ipv6.c b/net/ipv6/netfilter/nf_conntrack_l3proto_ipv6.c
index 6b4d59fd021474..91d37fbe28de57 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/netfilter/nf_conntrack_l3proto_ipv6.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/netfilter/nf_conntrack_l3proto_ipv6.c
@@ -348,7 +348,6 @@ static void ipv6_hooks_unregister(struct net *net)
 
 struct nf_conntrack_l3proto nf_conntrack_l3proto_ipv6 __read_mostly = {
 	.l3proto		= PF_INET6,
-	.name			= "ipv6",
 	.pkt_to_tuple		= ipv6_pkt_to_tuple,
 	.invert_tuple		= ipv6_invert_tuple,
 	.print_tuple		= ipv6_print_tuple,
diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_l3proto_generic.c b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_l3proto_generic.c
index cf9ace70bececf..0387971582bc4e 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_l3proto_generic.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_l3proto_generic.c
@@ -64,7 +64,6 @@ static int generic_get_l4proto(const struct sk_buff *skb, unsigned int nhoff,
 
 struct nf_conntrack_l3proto nf_conntrack_l3proto_generic __read_mostly = {
 	.l3proto	 = PF_UNSPEC,
-	.name		 = "unknown",
 	.pkt_to_tuple	 = generic_pkt_to_tuple,
 	.invert_tuple	 = generic_invert_tuple,
 	.print_tuple	 = generic_print_tuple,
diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_standalone.c b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_standalone.c
index 5b6c675d55b14b..359d7e6a4503d6 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_standalone.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_standalone.c
@@ -198,6 +198,16 @@ ct_show_delta_time(struct seq_file *s, const struct nf_conn *ct)
 }
 #endif
 
+static const char* l3proto_name(u16 proto)
+{
+	switch (proto) {
+	case AF_INET: return "ipv4";
+	case AF_INET6: return "ipv6";
+	}
+
+	return "unknown";
+}
+
 /* return 0 on success, 1 in case of error */
 static int ct_seq_show(struct seq_file *s, void *v)
 {
@@ -231,7 +241,7 @@ static int ct_seq_show(struct seq_file *s, void *v)
 
 	ret = -ENOSPC;
 	seq_printf(s, "%-8s %u %-8s %u %ld ",
-		   l3proto->name, nf_ct_l3num(ct),
+		   l3proto_name(l3proto->l3proto), nf_ct_l3num(ct),
 		   l4proto->name, nf_ct_protonum(ct),
 		   nf_ct_expires(ct)  / HZ);