diff --git a/kernel/kthread.c b/kernel/kthread.c
index ac3fb7326641..6111c27491b1 100644
--- a/kernel/kthread.c
+++ b/kernel/kthread.c
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ static void create_kthread(struct kthread_create_info *create)
 		 */
 		sched_setscheduler(create->result, SCHED_NORMAL, &param);
 		set_user_nice(create->result, KTHREAD_NICE_LEVEL);
-		set_cpus_allowed(create->result, CPU_MASK_ALL);
+		set_cpus_allowed_ptr(create->result, CPU_MASK_ALL_PTR);
 	}
 	complete(&create->done);
 }
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ int kthreadd(void *unused)
 	set_task_comm(tsk, "kthreadd");
 	ignore_signals(tsk);
 	set_user_nice(tsk, KTHREAD_NICE_LEVEL);
-	set_cpus_allowed(tsk, CPU_MASK_ALL);
+	set_cpus_allowed_ptr(tsk, CPU_MASK_ALL_PTR);
 
 	current->flags |= PF_NOFREEZE | PF_FREEZER_NOSIG;