1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/kthread.c b/kernel/kthread.c
index 92cf6930ab51..ac72eea48339 100644
--- a/kernel/kthread.c
+++ b/kernel/kthread.c
@@ -144,9 +144,9 @@ struct task_struct *kthread_create(int (*threadfn)(void *data),
 
         spin_lock(&kthread_create_lock);
         list_add_tail(&create.list, &kthread_create_list);
-        wake_up_process(kthreadd_task);
         spin_unlock(&kthread_create_lock);
 
+        wake_up_process(kthreadd_task);
         wait_for_completion(&create.done);
 
         if (!IS_ERR(create.result)) {