diff --git a/src/node_platform.cc b/src/node_platform.cc
index ce9117ae38e7ee..6a3ae2e5dc84ab 100644
--- a/src/node_platform.cc
+++ b/src/node_platform.cc
@@ -17,9 +17,9 @@ using v8::TracingController;
 
 namespace {
 
-static void WorkerThreadMain(void* data) {
+static void PlatformWorkerThread(void* data) {
   TRACE_EVENT_METADATA1("__metadata", "thread_name", "name",
-                        "BackgroundTaskRunner");
+                        "PlatformWorkerThread");
   TaskQueue<Task>* pending_worker_tasks = static_cast<TaskQueue<Task>*>(data);
   while (std::unique_ptr<Task> task = pending_worker_tasks->BlockingPop()) {
     task->Run();
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ static void WorkerThreadMain(void* data) {
 WorkerThreadsTaskRunner::WorkerThreadsTaskRunner(int thread_pool_size) {
   for (int i = 0; i < thread_pool_size; i++) {
     std::unique_ptr<uv_thread_t> t { new uv_thread_t() };
-    if (uv_thread_create(t.get(), WorkerThreadMain,
+    if (uv_thread_create(t.get(), PlatformWorkerThread,
                          &pending_worker_tasks_) != 0) {
       break;
     }
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-trace-events-metadata.js b/test/parallel/test-trace-events-metadata.js
index 01e019c1906956..8f9648902d13e1 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-trace-events-metadata.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-trace-events-metadata.js
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ proc.once('exit', common.mustCall(() => {
         trace.args.name === 'JavaScriptMainThread'));
     assert(traces.some((trace) =>
       trace.name === 'thread_name' &&
-        trace.args.name === 'BackgroundTaskRunner'));
+        trace.args.name === 'PlatformWorkerThread'));
     assert(traces.some((trace) =>
       trace.name === 'version' &&
         trace.args.node === process.versions.node));