diff --git a/include/tscore/ink_queue.h b/include/tscore/ink_queue.h
index d1806bc1413..cf6b04f2f16 100644
--- a/include/tscore/ink_queue.h
+++ b/include/tscore/ink_queue.h
@@ -211,7 +211,10 @@ struct InkAtomicList {
 #define INK_ATOMICLIST_EMPTY(_x) (!((FREELIST_POINTER((_x.head)))))
 #endif
 
+// WARNING: the "name" string is not copied, it has to be a statically-stored constant string.
+//
 inkcoreapi void ink_atomiclist_init(InkAtomicList *l, const char *name, uint32_t offset_to_next);
+
 inkcoreapi void *ink_atomiclist_push(InkAtomicList *l, void *item);
 void *ink_atomiclist_pop(InkAtomicList *l);
 inkcoreapi void *ink_atomiclist_popall(InkAtomicList *l);
diff --git a/proxy/logging/Log.cc b/proxy/logging/Log.cc
index 87e19e2a998..61307e0abc2 100644
--- a/proxy/logging/Log.cc
+++ b/proxy/logging/Log.cc
@@ -1116,11 +1116,9 @@ Log::create_threads()
   flush_notify    = new EventNotify;
   flush_data_list = new InkAtomicList;
 
-  sprintf(desc, "Logging flush buffer list");
-  ink_atomiclist_init(flush_data_list, desc, 0);
+  ink_atomiclist_init(flush_data_list, "Logging flush buffer list", 0);
   Continuation *flush_cont = new LoggingFlushContinuation(0);
-  sprintf(desc, "[LOG_FLUSH]");
-  eventProcessor.spawn_thread(flush_cont, desc, stacksize);
+  eventProcessor.spawn_thread(flush_cont, "[LOG_FLUSH]", stacksize);
 }
 
 /*-------------------------------------------------------------------------