1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/smpboot.c b/kernel/smpboot.c
index 13bc43d1fb22..4a5c6e73ecd4 100644
--- a/kernel/smpboot.c
+++ b/kernel/smpboot.c
@@ -186,6 +186,11 @@ __smpboot_create_thread(struct smp_hotplug_thread *ht, unsigned int cpu)
                 kfree(td);
                 return PTR_ERR(tsk);
         }
+        /*
+         * Park the thread so that it could start right on the CPU
+         * when it is available.
+         */
+        kthread_park(tsk);
         get_task_struct(tsk);
         *per_cpu_ptr(ht->store, cpu) = tsk;
         if (ht->create) {