1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/src/thread.c b/src/thread.c
index f81163414bb..c7fe0614269 100644
--- a/src/thread.c
+++ b/src/thread.c
@@ -725,6 +725,9 @@ run_thread (void *state)
   self->m_stack_bottom = self->stack_top = (char *) &stack_pos;
   self->thread_id = sys_thread_self ();
 
+  if (self->thread_name)
+    sys_thread_set_name (self->thread_name);
+
   acquire_global_lock (self);
 
   /* Put a dummy catcher at top-level so that handlerlist is never NULL.
@@ -826,13 +829,13 @@ If NAME is given, it must be a string; it names the new thread.  */)
   new_thread->next_thread = all_threads;
   all_threads = new_thread;
 
-  char const *c_name = !NILP (name) ? SSDATA (ENCODE_UTF_8 (name)) : NULL;
+  char const *c_name = !NILP (name) ? SSDATA (ENCODE_SYSTEM (name)) : NULL;
   if (c_name)
     new_thread->thread_name = xstrdup (c_name);
   else
     new_thread->thread_name = NULL;
   sys_thread_t thr;
-  if (! sys_thread_create (&thr, c_name, run_thread, new_thread))
+  if (! sys_thread_create (&thr, run_thread, new_thread))
     {
       /* Restore the previous situation.  */
       all_threads = all_threads->next_thread;