diff --git a/sys/kern/subr_sleepqueue.c b/sys/kern/subr_sleepqueue.c
index 6ef7741b5afe..3878d812d93a 100644
--- a/sys/kern/subr_sleepqueue.c
+++ b/sys/kern/subr_sleepqueue.c
@@ -1131,8 +1131,7 @@ DB_SHOW_COMMAND(sleepq, db_show_sleepqueue)
 				      td_slpq) {
 				db_printf("\t%p (tid %d, pid %d, \"%s\")\n", td,
 					  td->td_tid, td->td_proc->p_pid,
-					  td->td_name[0] != '\0' ? td->td_name :
-					  td->td_proc->p_comm);
+					  td->td_name);
 			}
 	}
 }