thread->tsk = kthread_run(md_thread, thread,
                                  "%s_%s",
                                  mdname(thread->mddev),
-                                 name ?: mddev->pers->name);
+                                 name);
        if (IS_ERR(thread->tsk)) {
                kfree(thread);
                return NULL;
 
        }
 
        {
-               mddev->thread = md_register_thread(multipathd, mddev, NULL);
+               mddev->thread = md_register_thread(multipathd, mddev,
+                                                  "multipath");
                if (!mddev->thread) {
                        printk(KERN_ERR "multipath: couldn't allocate thread"
                                " for %s\n", mdname(mddev));
 
                goto abort;
        }
        err = -ENOMEM;
-       conf->thread = md_register_thread(raid1d, mddev, NULL);
+       conf->thread = md_register_thread(raid1d, mddev, "raid1");
        if (!conf->thread) {
                printk(KERN_ERR
                       "md/raid1:%s: couldn't allocate thread\n",
 
        spin_lock_init(&conf->resync_lock);
        init_waitqueue_head(&conf->wait_barrier);
 
-       conf->thread = md_register_thread(raid10d, mddev, NULL);
+       conf->thread = md_register_thread(raid10d, mddev, "raid10");
        if (!conf->thread)
                goto out;
 
 
        int raid_disk, memory, max_disks;
        struct md_rdev *rdev;
        struct disk_info *disk;
+       char pers_name[6];
 
        if (mddev->new_level != 5
            && mddev->new_level != 4
                printk(KERN_INFO "md/raid:%s: allocated %dkB\n",
                       mdname(mddev), memory);
 
-       conf->thread = md_register_thread(raid5d, mddev, NULL);
+       sprintf(pers_name, "raid%d", mddev->new_level);
+       conf->thread = md_register_thread(raid5d, mddev, pers_name);
        if (!conf->thread) {
                printk(KERN_ERR
                       "md/raid:%s: couldn't allocate thread.\n",