return machine->mmap_name ? 0 : -ENOMEM;
 }
 
+static void thread__set_guest_comm(struct thread *thread, pid_t pid)
+{
+       char comm[64];
+
+       snprintf(comm, sizeof(comm), "[guest/%d]", pid);
+       thread__set_comm(thread, comm, 0);
+}
+
 int machine__init(struct machine *machine, const char *root_dir, pid_t pid)
 {
        int err = -ENOMEM;
        if (pid != HOST_KERNEL_ID) {
                struct thread *thread = machine__findnew_thread(machine, -1,
                                                                pid);
-               char comm[64];
 
                if (thread == NULL)
                        goto out;
 
-               snprintf(comm, sizeof(comm), "[guest/%d]", pid);
-               thread__set_comm(thread, comm, 0);
+               thread__set_guest_comm(thread, pid);
                thread__put(thread);
        }