diff --git a/migration/migration.c b/migration/migration.c
index f8a4500cd1..2766d2f586 100644
--- a/migration/migration.c
+++ b/migration/migration.c
@@ -2024,7 +2024,7 @@ void migrate_fd_connect(MigrationState *s)
     }
 
     migrate_compress_threads_create();
-    qemu_thread_create(&s->thread, "migration", migration_thread, s,
+    qemu_thread_create(&s->thread, "live_migration", migration_thread, s,
                        QEMU_THREAD_JOINABLE);
     s->migration_thread_running = true;
 }