diff --git a/drivers/spi/spi.c b/drivers/spi/spi.c
index 32b7bb1..085db8b 100644
--- a/drivers/spi/spi.c
+++ b/drivers/spi/spi.c
@@ -601,7 +601,7 @@
 
 	init_kthread_worker(&master->kworker);
 	master->kworker_task = kthread_run(kthread_worker_fn,
-					   &master->kworker,
+					   &master->kworker, "%s",
 					   dev_name(&master->dev));
 	if (IS_ERR(master->kworker_task)) {
 		dev_err(&master->dev, "failed to create message pump task\n");