diff --git a/sched/misc/Make.defs b/sched/misc/Make.defs
index b781dd33322..6bfb817a2be 100644
--- a/sched/misc/Make.defs
+++ b/sched/misc/Make.defs
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 #
 ############################################################################
 
-CSRCS += assert.c panic.c
+CSRCS += assert.c panic_notifier.c
 
 # Include init build support
 
diff --git a/sched/misc/panic.c b/sched/misc/panic_notifier.c
similarity index 99%
rename from sched/misc/panic.c
rename to sched/misc/panic_notifier.c
index 31c02ed96fc..a8ae3b3f79b 100644
--- a/sched/misc/panic.c
+++ b/sched/misc/panic_notifier.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /****************************************************************************
- * sched/misc/panic.c
+ * sched/misc/panic_notifier.c
  *
  * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
  * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with