1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/thread.c b/tools/perf/util/thread.c
index 3acd37f54888..7635928ca278 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/thread.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/thread.c
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ register_idle_thread(struct rb_root *threads, struct thread **last_match)
 {
         struct thread *thread = threads__findnew(0, threads, last_match);
 
-        if (!thread || thread__set_comm(thread, "[idle]")) {
+        if (!thread || thread__set_comm(thread, "[init]")) {
                 fprintf(stderr, "problem inserting idle task.\n");
                 exit(-1);
         }