diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmdomain.c b/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmdomain.c
index 6918f30d02cd7631634804389ce0f3deade524e2..2ee7fe747cea4408182aee7c45e8baa37ceaeae1 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmdomain.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmdomain.c
@@ -1866,6 +1866,7 @@ static int dlm_join_domain(struct dlm_ctxt *dlm)
 	int status;
 	unsigned int backoff;
 	unsigned int total_backoff = 0;
+	char wq_name[O2NM_MAX_NAME_LEN];
 
 	BUG_ON(!dlm);
 
@@ -1895,7 +1896,8 @@ static int dlm_join_domain(struct dlm_ctxt *dlm)
 		goto bail;
 	}
 
-	dlm->dlm_worker = create_singlethread_workqueue("dlm_wq");
+	snprintf(wq_name, O2NM_MAX_NAME_LEN, "dlm_wq-%s", dlm->name);
+	dlm->dlm_worker = create_singlethread_workqueue(wq_name);
 	if (!dlm->dlm_worker) {
 		status = -ENOMEM;
 		mlog_errno(status);
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmrecovery.c b/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmrecovery.c
index 58eaa5c0d387051301a089f0d234d4b69bf18d51..9e4f862d20fe1749dc11f6d023793fccbed0069a 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmrecovery.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmrecovery.c
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ int dlm_launch_recovery_thread(struct dlm_ctxt *dlm)
 	mlog(0, "starting dlm recovery thread...\n");
 
 	dlm->dlm_reco_thread_task = kthread_run(dlm_recovery_thread, dlm,
-						"dlm_reco_thread");
+			"dlm_reco-%s", dlm->name);
 	if (IS_ERR(dlm->dlm_reco_thread_task)) {
 		mlog_errno(PTR_ERR(dlm->dlm_reco_thread_task));
 		dlm->dlm_reco_thread_task = NULL;
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmthread.c b/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmthread.c
index 2e5e6d5fffe8d8b0458498fcf89c5ee845e20848..c5f6c241ecd7d3e71006ad71cfcb1b2134e47221 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmthread.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmthread.c
@@ -493,7 +493,8 @@ int dlm_launch_thread(struct dlm_ctxt *dlm)
 {
 	mlog(0, "Starting dlm_thread...\n");
 
-	dlm->dlm_thread_task = kthread_run(dlm_thread, dlm, "dlm_thread");
+	dlm->dlm_thread_task = kthread_run(dlm_thread, dlm, "dlm-%s",
+			dlm->name);
 	if (IS_ERR(dlm->dlm_thread_task)) {
 		mlog_errno(PTR_ERR(dlm->dlm_thread_task));
 		dlm->dlm_thread_task = NULL;
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/dlmglue.c b/fs/ocfs2/dlmglue.c
index 1c91103c13339aca31b51f7b45de4a8beb05e3bb..20276e340339b64d4ca9c2533e97430801d287a4 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/dlmglue.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/dlmglue.c
@@ -2998,7 +2998,8 @@ int ocfs2_dlm_init(struct ocfs2_super *osb)
 	}
 
 	/* launch downconvert thread */
-	osb->dc_task = kthread_run(ocfs2_downconvert_thread, osb, "ocfs2dc");
+	osb->dc_task = kthread_run(ocfs2_downconvert_thread, osb, "ocfs2dc-%s",
+			osb->uuid_str);
 	if (IS_ERR(osb->dc_task)) {
 		status = PTR_ERR(osb->dc_task);
 		osb->dc_task = NULL;
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/journal.c b/fs/ocfs2/journal.c
index 04d6303f39a74b1768d812a9fdc7952722a49df5..13534f4fe5b51d0c009ad684be46518de65a85d8 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/journal.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/journal.c
@@ -1090,7 +1090,7 @@ int ocfs2_journal_load(struct ocfs2_journal *journal, int local, int replayed)
 	/* Launch the commit thread */
 	if (!local) {
 		osb->commit_task = kthread_run(ocfs2_commit_thread, osb,
-					       "ocfs2cmt");
+				"ocfs2cmt-%s", osb->uuid_str);
 		if (IS_ERR(osb->commit_task)) {
 			status = PTR_ERR(osb->commit_task);
 			osb->commit_task = NULL;
@@ -1507,7 +1507,7 @@ void ocfs2_recovery_thread(struct ocfs2_super *osb, int node_num)
 		goto out;
 
 	osb->recovery_thread_task =  kthread_run(__ocfs2_recovery_thread, osb,
-						 "ocfs2rec");
+			"ocfs2rec-%s", osb->uuid_str);
 	if (IS_ERR(osb->recovery_thread_task)) {
 		mlog_errno((int)PTR_ERR(osb->recovery_thread_task));
 		osb->recovery_thread_task = NULL;