diff --git a/drivers/md/md.c b/drivers/md/md.c
index f64b330..a3dd3c8 100644
--- a/drivers/md/md.c
+++ b/drivers/md/md.c
@@ -4218,7 +4218,7 @@
 			set_bit(MD_RECOVERY_RUNNING, &mddev->recovery);
 			mddev->sync_thread = md_register_thread(md_do_sync,
 								mddev,
-								"%s_resync");
+								"resync");
 			if (!mddev->sync_thread) {
 				printk(KERN_ERR "%s: could not start resync"
 				       " thread...\n",
@@ -5631,7 +5631,10 @@
 	thread->run = run;
 	thread->mddev = mddev;
 	thread->timeout = MAX_SCHEDULE_TIMEOUT;
-	thread->tsk = kthread_run(md_thread, thread, name, mdname(thread->mddev));
+	thread->tsk = kthread_run(md_thread, thread,
+				  "%s_%s",
+				  mdname(thread->mddev),
+				  name ?: mddev->pers->name);
 	if (IS_ERR(thread->tsk)) {
 		kfree(thread);
 		return NULL;
@@ -6745,7 +6748,7 @@
 			}
 			mddev->sync_thread = md_register_thread(md_do_sync,
 								mddev,
-								"%s_resync");
+								"resync");
 			if (!mddev->sync_thread) {
 				printk(KERN_ERR "%s: could not start resync"
 					" thread...\n", 
diff --git a/drivers/md/multipath.c b/drivers/md/multipath.c
index d2d3fd5..94c21c1 100644
--- a/drivers/md/multipath.c
+++ b/drivers/md/multipath.c
@@ -504,7 +504,7 @@
 	}
 
 	{
-		mddev->thread = md_register_thread(multipathd, mddev, "%s_multipath");
+		mddev->thread = md_register_thread(multipathd, mddev, NULL);
 		if (!mddev->thread) {
 			printk(KERN_ERR "multipath: couldn't allocate thread"
 				" for %s\n", mdname(mddev));
diff --git a/drivers/md/raid1.c b/drivers/md/raid1.c
index ff7ed33..7efdeb4 100644
--- a/drivers/md/raid1.c
+++ b/drivers/md/raid1.c
@@ -2047,7 +2047,7 @@
 	conf->last_used = j;
 
 
-	mddev->thread = md_register_thread(raid1d, mddev, "%s_raid1");
+	mddev->thread = md_register_thread(raid1d, mddev, NULL);
 	if (!mddev->thread) {
 		printk(KERN_ERR
 		       "raid1: couldn't allocate thread for %s\n",
diff --git a/drivers/md/raid10.c b/drivers/md/raid10.c
index 8bca383..7872968 100644
--- a/drivers/md/raid10.c
+++ b/drivers/md/raid10.c
@@ -2188,7 +2188,7 @@
 	}
 
 
-	mddev->thread = md_register_thread(raid10d, mddev, "%s_raid10");
+	mddev->thread = md_register_thread(raid10d, mddev, NULL);
 	if (!mddev->thread) {
 		printk(KERN_ERR
 		       "raid10: couldn't allocate thread for %s\n",
diff --git a/drivers/md/raid5.c b/drivers/md/raid5.c
index 763dcc4..bee3573 100644
--- a/drivers/md/raid5.c
+++ b/drivers/md/raid5.c
@@ -4448,7 +4448,7 @@
 		printk(KERN_INFO "raid5: allocated %dkB for %s\n",
 			memory, mdname(mddev));
 
-	conf->thread = md_register_thread(raid5d, mddev, "%s_raid5");
+	conf->thread = md_register_thread(raid5d, mddev, NULL);
 	if (!conf->thread) {
 		printk(KERN_ERR
 		       "raid5: couldn't allocate thread for %s\n",
@@ -4614,7 +4614,7 @@
 		set_bit(MD_RECOVERY_RESHAPE, &mddev->recovery);
 		set_bit(MD_RECOVERY_RUNNING, &mddev->recovery);
 		mddev->sync_thread = md_register_thread(md_do_sync, mddev,
-							"%s_reshape");
+							"reshape");
 	}
 
 	/* read-ahead size must cover two whole stripes, which is
@@ -5032,7 +5032,7 @@
 	set_bit(MD_RECOVERY_RESHAPE, &mddev->recovery);
 	set_bit(MD_RECOVERY_RUNNING, &mddev->recovery);
 	mddev->sync_thread = md_register_thread(md_do_sync, mddev,
-						"%s_reshape");
+						"reshape");
 	if (!mddev->sync_thread) {
 		mddev->recovery = 0;
 		spin_lock_irq(&conf->device_lock);