2 files changed, 2 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/mm/pdflush.c b/mm/pdflush.c
index 8ce0900dc95c..8f6ee073c0e3 100644
--- a/mm/pdflush.c
+++ b/mm/pdflush.c
@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@ struct pdflush_work {
 static int __pdflush(struct pdflush_work *my_work)
 {
         current->flags |= PF_FLUSHER | PF_SWAPWRITE;
+        set_freezable();
         my_work->fn = NULL;
         my_work->who = current;
         INIT_LIST_HEAD(&my_work->list);
diff --git a/mm/vmscan.c b/mm/vmscan.c
index 2225b7c9df85..d419e10e3daa 100644
--- a/mm/vmscan.c
+++ b/mm/vmscan.c
@@ -1421,6 +1421,7 @@ static int kswapd(void *p)
          * trying to free the first piece of memory in the first place).
          */
         tsk->flags |= PF_MEMALLOC | PF_SWAPWRITE | PF_KSWAPD;
+        set_freezable();
 
         order = 0;
         for ( ; ; ) {