diff --git a/src/bankd_main.c b/src/bankd_main.c
index f20d3b0..f0cb813 100644
--- a/src/bankd_main.c
+++ b/src/bankd_main.c
@@ -698,14 +698,9 @@
 {
 	void *top_ctx;
 	int rc;
-	char worker_name[32];
 
 	g_worker = (struct bankd_worker *) arg;
 
-	/* set the thread name */
-	snprintf(worker_name, sizeof(worker_name), "bankd-worker(%u)", g_worker->num);
-	pthread_setname_np(pthread_self(), worker_name);
-
 	worker_set_state(g_worker, BW_ST_INIT);
 
 	/* not permitted in multithreaded environment */
@@ -713,6 +708,10 @@
 	top_ctx = talloc_named_const(NULL, 0, "top");
 	talloc_asn1_ctx = talloc_named_const(top_ctx, 0, "asn1");
 
+	/* set the thread name */
+	g_worker->name = talloc_asprintf(g_worker->tall_ctx, "bankd-worker(%u)", g_worker->num);
+	pthread_setname_np(pthread_self(), g_worker->name);
+
 	/* push cleanup helper */
 	pthread_cleanup_push(&worker_cleanup, g_worker);