diff --git a/arch/i386/kernel/process.c b/arch/i386/kernel/process.c
index dad02a960e03572046c2e9ced98186c64e7ca5a5..b0a07801d9df90abf71f923fa27e55269cacf319 100644
--- a/arch/i386/kernel/process.c
+++ b/arch/i386/kernel/process.c
@@ -328,6 +328,7 @@ extern void kernel_thread_helper(void);
 int kernel_thread(int (*fn)(void *), void * arg, unsigned long flags)
 {
 	struct pt_regs regs;
+	int err;
 
 	memset(&regs, 0, sizeof(regs));
 
@@ -342,7 +343,10 @@ int kernel_thread(int (*fn)(void *), void * arg, unsigned long flags)
 	regs.eflags = X86_EFLAGS_IF | X86_EFLAGS_SF | X86_EFLAGS_PF | 0x2;
 
 	/* Ok, create the new process.. */
-	return do_fork(flags | CLONE_VM | CLONE_UNTRACED, 0, &regs, 0, NULL, NULL);
+	err = do_fork(flags | CLONE_VM | CLONE_UNTRACED, 0, &regs, 0, NULL, NULL);
+	if (err == 0) /* terminate kernel stack */
+		task_pt_regs(current)->eip = 0;
+	return err;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(kernel_thread);
 
diff --git a/arch/x86_64/kernel/entry.S b/arch/x86_64/kernel/entry.S
index b8285cf1a9c3b2780bdd53c499047856d378195d..ab9b2c4726f231c27cbd5958cb373c6c224b38a0 100644
--- a/arch/x86_64/kernel/entry.S
+++ b/arch/x86_64/kernel/entry.S
@@ -978,6 +978,11 @@ ENTRY(kernel_thread)
 	call do_fork
 	movq %rax,RAX(%rsp)
 	xorl %edi,%edi
+	test %rax,%rax
+	jnz  1f
+	/* terminate stack in child */
+	movq %rdi,RIP(%rsp)
+1:
 
 	/*
 	 * It isn't worth to check for reschedule here,