1 files changed, 2 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/kthread.c b/kernel/kthread.c
index 6a5373868a98..c5f3c6613b6d 100644
--- a/kernel/kthread.c
+++ b/kernel/kthread.c
@@ -115,7 +115,9 @@ static void keventd_create_kthread(void *_create)
                 create->result = ERR_PTR(pid);
         } else {
                 wait_for_completion(&create->started);
+                read_lock(&tasklist_lock);
                 create->result = find_task_by_pid(pid);
+                read_unlock(&tasklist_lock);
         }
         complete(&create->done);
 }