1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/net/xen-netback/interface.c b/drivers/net/xen-netback/interface.c
index 625c6f49cfba..77fee1d51fb2 100644
--- a/drivers/net/xen-netback/interface.c
+++ b/drivers/net/xen-netback/interface.c
@@ -406,7 +406,7 @@ int xenvif_connect(struct xenvif *vif, unsigned long tx_ring_ref,
 
         init_waitqueue_head(&vif->wq);
         vif->task = kthread_create(xenvif_kthread,
-                                   (void *)vif, vif->dev->name);
+                                   (void *)vif, "%s", vif->dev->name);
         if (IS_ERR(vif->task)) {
                 pr_warn("Could not allocate kthread for %s\n", vif->dev->name);
                 err = PTR_ERR(vif->task);