diff --git a/module/spl/spl-thread.c b/module/spl/spl-thread.c
index 1345890ed8..bce912c4d9 100644
--- a/module/spl/spl-thread.c
+++ b/module/spl/spl-thread.c
@@ -123,7 +123,8 @@ __thread_create(caddr_t stk, size_t  stksize, thread_func_t func,
 	tp->tp_state = state;
 	tp->tp_pri   = pri;
 
-	tsk = kthread_create(thread_generic_wrapper, (void *)tp, tp->tp_name);
+	tsk = kthread_create(thread_generic_wrapper, (void *)tp,
+			     "%s", tp->tp_name);
 	if (IS_ERR(tsk)) {
 		CERROR("Failed to create thread: %ld\n", PTR_ERR(tsk));
 		RETURN(NULL);