1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/crypto/cryptd.c b/crypto/cryptd.c
index 3ff4e1f0f032..ac6dce2e7596 100644
--- a/crypto/cryptd.c
+++ b/crypto/cryptd.c
@@ -298,7 +298,7 @@ static inline int cryptd_create_thread(struct cryptd_state *state,
         mutex_init(&state->mutex);
         crypto_init_queue(&state->queue, CRYPTD_MAX_QLEN);
 
-        state->task = kthread_create(fn, state, name);
+        state->task = kthread_run(fn, state, name);
         if (IS_ERR(state->task))
                 return PTR_ERR(state->task);
 
@@ -316,6 +316,8 @@ static int cryptd_thread(void *data)
         struct cryptd_state *state = data;
         int stop;
 
+        current->flags |= PF_NOFREEZE;
+
         do {
                 struct crypto_async_request *req, *backlog;