1 files changed, 1 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/softirq.c b/kernel/softirq.c
index 68eb5efec388..0cee50487629 100644
--- a/kernel/softirq.c
+++ b/kernel/softirq.c
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(irq_stat);
 
 static struct softirq_action softirq_vec[NR_SOFTIRQS] __cacheline_aligned_in_smp;
 
-static DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct task_struct *, ksoftirqd);
+DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct task_struct *, ksoftirqd);
 
 char *softirq_to_name[NR_SOFTIRQS] = {
         "HI", "TIMER", "NET_TX", "NET_RX", "BLOCK", "BLOCK_IOPOLL",
@@ -721,7 +721,6 @@ static int run_ksoftirqd(void * __bind_cpu)
 {
         set_current_state(TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE);
 
-        current->flags |= PF_KSOFTIRQD;
         while (!kthread_should_stop()) {
                 preempt_disable();
                 if (!local_softirq_pending()) {