1 files changed, 3 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/fork.c b/kernel/fork.c
index 1d1cd06edbc1..7eefe338d7a2 100644
--- a/kernel/fork.c
+++ b/kernel/fork.c
@@ -902,10 +902,9 @@ static struct task_struct *dup_task_struct(struct task_struct *orig, int node)
         if (orig->cpus_ptr == &orig->cpus_mask)
                 tsk->cpus_ptr = &tsk->cpus_mask;
 
-        /*
-         * One for us, one for whoever does the "release_task()" (usually
-         * parent)
-         */
+        /* One for the user space visible state that goes away when reaped. */
+        refcount_set(&tsk->rcu_users, 1);
+        /* One for the rcu users, and one for the scheduler */
         refcount_set(&tsk->usage, 2);
 #ifdef CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IO_TRACE
         tsk->btrace_seq = 0;