diff --git a/tests/bluetooth/hci_uart_async/src/test_hci_uart_async.c b/tests/bluetooth/hci_uart_async/src/test_hci_uart_async.c
index 8ee60a64b07..96c472302ac 100644
--- a/tests/bluetooth/hci_uart_async/src/test_hci_uart_async.c
+++ b/tests/bluetooth/hci_uart_async/src/test_hci_uart_async.c
@@ -70,10 +70,10 @@ static void hci_uart_thread_entry(void *p1, void *p2, void *p3)
 }
 static int sys_init_spawn_hci_uart(void)
 {
-	k_thread_name_set(&hci_uart_thread, "hci_uart_main");
 	k_thread_create(&hci_uart_thread, hci_uart_thread_stack,
 			K_THREAD_STACK_SIZEOF(hci_uart_thread_stack), hci_uart_thread_entry, NULL,
 			NULL, NULL, CONFIG_MAIN_THREAD_PRIORITY, 0, K_NO_WAIT);
+	k_thread_name_set(&hci_uart_thread, "hci_uart_main");
 	return 0;
 }
 SYS_INIT(sys_init_spawn_hci_uart, POST_KERNEL, 64);