1 files changed, 1 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/thread_info.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/thread_info.h
index 9aba5a38a7c4..c8b329255678 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/thread_info.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/thread_info.h
@@ -46,15 +46,13 @@ struct thread_info {
 
 /*
  * macros/functions for gaining access to the thread information structure
- *
- * preempt_count needs to be 1 initially, until the scheduler is functional.
  */
 #define INIT_THREAD_INFO(tsk)                   \
 {                                               \
         .task =         &tsk,                   \
         .exec_domain =  &default_exec_domain,   \
         .cpu =          0,                      \
-        .preempt_count = 1,                     \
+        .preempt_count = INIT_PREEMPT_COUNT,    \
         .restart_block = {                      \
                 .fn = do_no_restart_syscall,    \
         },                                      \