diff --git a/kernel/workqueue.c b/kernel/workqueue.c
index e004e65ae987..fd7b84b06d92 100644
--- a/kernel/workqueue.c
+++ b/kernel/workqueue.c
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ enum {
 	RESCUER_NICE_LEVEL	= MIN_NICE,
 	HIGHPRI_NICE_LEVEL	= MIN_NICE,
 
-	WQ_NAME_LEN		= 32,
+	WQ_NAME_LEN		= 24,
 };
 
 /*
@@ -4673,7 +4673,6 @@ struct workqueue_struct *alloc_workqueue(const char *fmt,
 	va_list args;
 	struct workqueue_struct *wq;
 	struct pool_workqueue *pwq;
-	int len;
 
 	/*
 	 * Unbound && max_active == 1 used to imply ordered, which is no longer
@@ -4700,12 +4699,9 @@ struct workqueue_struct *alloc_workqueue(const char *fmt,
 	}
 
 	va_start(args, max_active);
-	len = vsnprintf(wq->name, sizeof(wq->name), fmt, args);
+	vsnprintf(wq->name, sizeof(wq->name), fmt, args);
 	va_end(args);
 
-	if (len >= WQ_NAME_LEN)
-		pr_warn_once("workqueue: name exceeds WQ_NAME_LEN. Truncating to: %s\n", wq->name);
-
 	max_active = max_active ?: WQ_DFL_ACTIVE;
 	max_active = wq_clamp_max_active(max_active, flags, wq->name);