diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/eeh_event.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/eeh_event.c
index fb506317ebb0..75e2eccefca2 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/eeh_event.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/eeh_event.c
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 #include <linux/pci.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
 #include <linux/workqueue.h>
+#include <linux/kthread.h>
 #include <asm/eeh_event.h>
 #include <asm/ppc-pci.h>
 
@@ -59,8 +60,6 @@ static int eeh_event_handler(void * dummy)
 	struct eeh_event *event;
 	struct eeh_dev *edev;
 
-	set_task_comm(current, "eehd");
-
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&eeh_eventlist_lock, flags);
 	event = NULL;
 
@@ -113,7 +112,7 @@ static int eeh_event_handler(void * dummy)
  */
 static void eeh_thread_launcher(struct work_struct *dummy)
 {
-	if (kernel_thread(eeh_event_handler, NULL, CLONE_KERNEL) < 0)
+	if (IS_ERR(kthread_run(eeh_event_handler, NULL, "eehd")))
 		printk(KERN_ERR "Failed to start EEH daemon\n");
 }