diff --git a/src/drivers/device/vdev_posix.cpp b/src/drivers/device/vdev_posix.cpp
index d99c7cfc74..43c55bcc53 100644
--- a/src/drivers/device/vdev_posix.cpp
+++ b/src/drivers/device/vdev_posix.cpp
@@ -245,11 +245,14 @@ extern "C" {
 
 		const unsigned NAMELEN = 32;
 		char thread_name[NAMELEN] = {};
+
+		#ifndef __PX4_QURT
 		int nret = pthread_getname_np(pthread_self(), thread_name, NAMELEN);
 
 		if (nret || thread_name[0] == 0) {
 			PX4_WARN("failed getting thread name");
 		}
+		#endif
 
 		PX4_DEBUG("Called px4_poll timeout = %d", timeout);
 		px4_sem_init(&sem, 0, 0);