diff --git a/bin/install_upgrade.escript b/bin/install_upgrade.escript
index bcefaa641..8adced930 100755
--- a/bin/install_upgrade.escript
+++ b/bin/install_upgrade.escript
@@ -344,7 +344,7 @@ start_distribution(TargetNode, NameTypeArg, Cookie) ->
 
 make_script_node(Node) ->
     [Name, Host] = string:tokens(atom_to_list(Node), "@"),
-    list_to_atom(lists:concat([Name, "_upgrader_", os:getpid(), "@", Host])).
+    list_to_atom(lists:concat(["remsh_" ++ Name, "_upgrader_", os:getpid(), "@", Host])).
 
 %% get name type from arg
 get_name_type(NameTypeArg) ->