1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/softirq.c b/kernel/softirq.c
index 73217a9e2875..8de267790166 100644
--- a/kernel/softirq.c
+++ b/kernel/softirq.c
@@ -614,12 +614,16 @@ static int __cpuinit cpu_callback(struct notifier_block *nfb,
                 kthread_bind(per_cpu(ksoftirqd, hotcpu),
                              any_online_cpu(cpu_online_map));
         case CPU_DEAD:
-        case CPU_DEAD_FROZEN:
+        case CPU_DEAD_FROZEN: {
+                struct sched_param param = { .sched_priority = MAX_RT_PRIO-1 };
+
                 p = per_cpu(ksoftirqd, hotcpu);
                 per_cpu(ksoftirqd, hotcpu) = NULL;
+                sched_setscheduler(p, SCHED_FIFO, &param);
                 kthread_stop(p);
                 takeover_tasklets(hotcpu);
                 break;
+        }
 #endif /* CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU */
         }
         return NOTIFY_OK;