1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/md/multipath.c b/drivers/md/multipath.c
index 9339e67fcc79..61a1833ebaf3 100644
--- a/drivers/md/multipath.c
+++ b/drivers/md/multipath.c
@@ -474,7 +474,8 @@ static int multipath_run (struct mddev *mddev)
         }
 
         {
-                mddev->thread = md_register_thread(multipathd, mddev, NULL);
+                mddev->thread = md_register_thread(multipathd, mddev,
+                                                   "multipath");
                 if (!mddev->thread) {
                         printk(KERN_ERR "multipath: couldn't allocate thread"
                                 " for %s\n", mdname(mddev));