diff --git a/drivers/mmc/card/block.c b/drivers/mmc/card/block.c
index 77cd083..f85e422 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/card/block.c
+++ b/drivers/mmc/card/block.c
@@ -1024,7 +1024,7 @@
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&md->part);
 	md->usage = 1;
 
-	ret = mmc_init_queue(&md->queue, card, &md->lock);
+	ret = mmc_init_queue(&md->queue, card, &md->lock, subname);
 	if (ret)
 		goto err_putdisk;
 
diff --git a/drivers/mmc/card/queue.c b/drivers/mmc/card/queue.c
index c07322c..3e2db1c 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/card/queue.c
+++ b/drivers/mmc/card/queue.c
@@ -106,10 +106,12 @@
  * @mq: mmc queue
  * @card: mmc card to attach this queue
  * @lock: queue lock
+ * @subname: partition subname
  *
  * Initialise a MMC card request queue.
  */
-int mmc_init_queue(struct mmc_queue *mq, struct mmc_card *card, spinlock_t *lock)
+int mmc_init_queue(struct mmc_queue *mq, struct mmc_card *card,
+		   spinlock_t *lock, const char *subname)
 {
 	struct mmc_host *host = card->host;
 	u64 limit = BLK_BOUNCE_HIGH;
@@ -209,8 +211,8 @@
 
 	sema_init(&mq->thread_sem, 1);
 
-	mq->thread = kthread_run(mmc_queue_thread, mq, "mmcqd/%d",
-		host->index);
+	mq->thread = kthread_run(mmc_queue_thread, mq, "mmcqd/%d%s",
+		host->index, subname ? subname : "");
 
 	if (IS_ERR(mq->thread)) {
 		ret = PTR_ERR(mq->thread);
diff --git a/drivers/mmc/card/queue.h b/drivers/mmc/card/queue.h
index 64e66e0..6223ef8 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/card/queue.h
+++ b/drivers/mmc/card/queue.h
@@ -19,7 +19,8 @@
 	unsigned int		bounce_sg_len;
 };
 
-extern int mmc_init_queue(struct mmc_queue *, struct mmc_card *, spinlock_t *);
+extern int mmc_init_queue(struct mmc_queue *, struct mmc_card *, spinlock_t *,
+			  const char *);
 extern void mmc_cleanup_queue(struct mmc_queue *);
 extern void mmc_queue_suspend(struct mmc_queue *);
 extern void mmc_queue_resume(struct mmc_queue *);