diff --git a/src/main.c b/src/main.c
index 73fa8b0..a453a96 100644
--- a/src/main.c
+++ b/src/main.c
@@ -726,7 +726,7 @@ static void h5_init(void)
 
 	/* Thread handles incoming events from BT Controller */
 	k_fifo_init(&h5.uart_tx_queue);
-	k_thread_create(&event_thread_data, uart_tx_stack,
+	k_thread_create(&uart_tx_thread_data, uart_tx_stack,
 			K_THREAD_STACK_SIZEOF(uart_tx_stack),
 			(k_thread_entry_t)uart_tx_thread, NULL, NULL, NULL,
 			K_PRIO_PREEMPT(0),