diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/ptlrpc/ptlrpcd.c b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/ptlrpc/ptlrpcd.c
index 8a95fa5e1052..2d26fd543d46 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/ptlrpc/ptlrpcd.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/ptlrpc/ptlrpcd.c
@@ -636,7 +636,7 @@ int ptlrpcd_start(int index, int max, const char *name, struct ptlrpcd_ctl *pc)
 				GOTO(out_env, rc);
 		}
 
-		task = kthread_run(ptlrpcd, pc, pc->pc_name);
+		task = kthread_run(ptlrpcd, pc, "%s", pc->pc_name);
 		if (IS_ERR(task))
 			GOTO(out_env, rc = PTR_ERR(task));