diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/hal/rtl8723bs_xmit.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/hal/rtl8723bs_xmit.c
index d0b317077511ce23d1939617dd575204bce90d84..f92f9073c50769e7e83dbc0b2746a27c23b34b9b 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/hal/rtl8723bs_xmit.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/hal/rtl8723bs_xmit.c
@@ -486,14 +486,13 @@ int rtl8723bs_xmit_thread(void *context)
 	s32 ret;
 	struct adapter *padapter;
 	struct xmit_priv *pxmitpriv;
-	u8 thread_name[20] = "RTWHALXT";
-
+	u8 thread_name[20];
 
 	ret = _SUCCESS;
 	padapter = context;
 	pxmitpriv = &padapter->xmitpriv;
 
-	rtw_sprintf(thread_name, 20, "%s-"ADPT_FMT, thread_name, ADPT_ARG(padapter));
+	rtw_sprintf(thread_name, 20, "RTWHALXT-" ADPT_FMT, ADPT_ARG(padapter));
 	thread_enter(thread_name);
 
 	DBG_871X("start "FUNC_ADPT_FMT"\n", FUNC_ADPT_ARG(padapter));