diff --git a/fs/gfs2/main.c b/fs/gfs2/main.c
index 69bded82f3768916732054d634965e8f085c4f7b..66eb98b690a277b0c0d8384aaffc87a37c64c0e4 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/main.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/main.c
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ static int __init init_gfs2_fs(void)
 	if (!gfs2_control_wq)
 		goto fail_wq2;
 
-	gfs2_freeze_wq = alloc_workqueue("freeze_workqueue", 0, 0);
+	gfs2_freeze_wq = alloc_workqueue("gfs2_freeze", 0, 0);
 
 	if (!gfs2_freeze_wq)
 		goto fail_wq3;