diff --git a/sys/drv_mc146818.c b/sys/drv_mc146818.c
index 2133123ac5..ea40ecef08 100644
--- a/sys/drv_mc146818.c
+++ b/sys/drv_mc146818.c
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ static int mc146818_attach(device_t *dev) {
     /* Only the first instance gets to devfs. */
     vnode_t *dev_mc146818 = vnode_new(V_DEV, &dev_mc146818_vnodeops);
     dev_mc146818->v_data = mc146818;
-    devfs_install("mc146818", dev_mc146818);
+    devfs_install("rtc", dev_mc146818);
   }
 
   return 0;
diff --git a/tests/rtc.c b/tests/rtc.c
index 6595745b86..f372dcc441 100644
--- a/tests/rtc.c
+++ b/tests/rtc.c
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ void mdelay(unsigned msec) {
 
 static int test_rtc() {
   vnode_t *v;
-  int error = vfs_lookup("/dev/mc146818", &v);
+  int error = vfs_lookup("/dev/rtc", &v);
   assert(!error);
 
   uio_t uio;