diff --git a/drivers/staging/unisys/visorhba/visorhba_main.c b/drivers/staging/unisys/visorhba/visorhba_main.c
index d5178b44ba8c9485c44ad9ce980e4df4550ac419..202bfabfec6c58dd349086e1347bc335fcbb1f44 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/unisys/visorhba/visorhba_main.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/unisys/visorhba/visorhba_main.c
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ static int visor_thread_start(struct visor_thread_info *thrinfo,
 {
 	/* used to stop the thread */
 	init_completion(&thrinfo->has_stopped);
-	thrinfo->task = kthread_run(threadfn, thrcontext, name);
+	thrinfo->task = kthread_run(threadfn, thrcontext, "%s", name);
 	if (IS_ERR(thrinfo->task)) {
 		thrinfo->id = 0;
 		return PTR_ERR(thrinfo->task);