diff --git a/toolkit/xre/nsAppRunner.cpp b/toolkit/xre/nsAppRunner.cpp
index 37d39aebe22f3..fb2fa767e7eaf 100644
--- a/toolkit/xre/nsAppRunner.cpp
+++ b/toolkit/xre/nsAppRunner.cpp
@@ -4801,7 +4801,9 @@ int XREMain::XRE_main(int argc, char* argv[], const BootstrapConfig& aConfig) {
 
   mozilla::LogModule::Init(gArgc, gArgv);
 
+#ifndef XP_LINUX
   NS_SetCurrentThreadName("MainThread");
+#endif
 
   AUTO_BASE_PROFILER_LABEL("XREMain::XRE_main (around Gecko Profiler)", OTHER);
   AUTO_PROFILER_INIT;