diff --git a/include/linux/cpuset.h b/include/linux/cpuset.h
index f20eb8f16025d74534dd2b62fa22cf494404ef1c..e9eaec522655c4da77f55fefb851564c31cae711 100644
--- a/include/linux/cpuset.h
+++ b/include/linux/cpuset.h
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ static inline void cpuset_cpus_allowed(struct task_struct *p,
 
 static inline int cpuset_cpus_allowed_fallback(struct task_struct *p)
 {
-	cpumask_copy(&p->cpus_allowed, cpu_possible_mask);
+	do_set_cpus_allowed(p, cpu_possible_mask);
 	return cpumask_any(cpu_active_mask);
 }
 
diff --git a/include/linux/sched.h b/include/linux/sched.h
index dc8871295a5ab59edb7d4a35aa5c71c02e2cd6e1..8da84b7bc1b87e9127ec640c674c06ea57aa7f16 100644
--- a/include/linux/sched.h
+++ b/include/linux/sched.h
@@ -1841,9 +1841,16 @@ static inline void rcu_copy_process(struct task_struct *p)
 #endif
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_SMP
+extern void do_set_cpus_allowed(struct task_struct *p,
+			       const struct cpumask *new_mask);
+
 extern int set_cpus_allowed_ptr(struct task_struct *p,
 				const struct cpumask *new_mask);
 #else
+static inline void do_set_cpus_allowed(struct task_struct *p,
+				      const struct cpumask *new_mask)
+{
+}
 static inline int set_cpus_allowed_ptr(struct task_struct *p,
 				       const struct cpumask *new_mask)
 {
diff --git a/kernel/cpuset.c b/kernel/cpuset.c
index 1ceeb049c82749e796fe8001f56fb5c7d67fe846..9c9b7545c81078c7ae43253cc1714a73fcb2691e 100644
--- a/kernel/cpuset.c
+++ b/kernel/cpuset.c
@@ -2190,7 +2190,7 @@ int cpuset_cpus_allowed_fallback(struct task_struct *tsk)
 	rcu_read_lock();
 	cs = task_cs(tsk);
 	if (cs)
-		cpumask_copy(&tsk->cpus_allowed, cs->cpus_allowed);
+		do_set_cpus_allowed(tsk, cs->cpus_allowed);
 	rcu_read_unlock();
 
 	/*
@@ -2217,7 +2217,7 @@ int cpuset_cpus_allowed_fallback(struct task_struct *tsk)
 		 * Like above we can temporary set any mask and rely on
 		 * set_cpus_allowed_ptr() as synchronization point.
 		 */
-		cpumask_copy(&tsk->cpus_allowed, cpu_possible_mask);
+		do_set_cpus_allowed(tsk, cpu_possible_mask);
 		cpu = cpumask_any(cpu_active_mask);
 	}
 
diff --git a/kernel/kthread.c b/kernel/kthread.c
index 3b34d2732bcecb3719b67976f5b8b7bc66e68b2b..4ba7cccb4994f24d6bc5965cda9b7f568d214f35 100644
--- a/kernel/kthread.c
+++ b/kernel/kthread.c
@@ -202,8 +202,8 @@ void kthread_bind(struct task_struct *p, unsigned int cpu)
 		return;
 	}
 
-	p->cpus_allowed = cpumask_of_cpu(cpu);
-	p->rt.nr_cpus_allowed = 1;
+	/* It's safe because the task is inactive. */
+	do_set_cpus_allowed(p, cpumask_of(cpu));
 	p->flags |= PF_THREAD_BOUND;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(kthread_bind);
diff --git a/kernel/sched.c b/kernel/sched.c
index a80ee911900e571d42cc80cb2c4afa7032dfe81d..cbb3a0eee58eb2c5c6748b949fca5579bbb57432 100644
--- a/kernel/sched.c
+++ b/kernel/sched.c
@@ -5860,7 +5860,7 @@ void __cpuinit init_idle(struct task_struct *idle, int cpu)
 	idle->state = TASK_RUNNING;
 	idle->se.exec_start = sched_clock();
 
-	cpumask_copy(&idle->cpus_allowed, cpumask_of(cpu));
+	do_set_cpus_allowed(idle, cpumask_of(cpu));
 	/*
 	 * We're having a chicken and egg problem, even though we are
 	 * holding rq->lock, the cpu isn't yet set to this cpu so the
@@ -5948,6 +5948,16 @@ static inline void sched_init_granularity(void)
 }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_SMP
+void do_set_cpus_allowed(struct task_struct *p, const struct cpumask *new_mask)
+{
+	if (p->sched_class && p->sched_class->set_cpus_allowed)
+		p->sched_class->set_cpus_allowed(p, new_mask);
+	else {
+		cpumask_copy(&p->cpus_allowed, new_mask);
+		p->rt.nr_cpus_allowed = cpumask_weight(new_mask);
+	}
+}
+
 /*
  * This is how migration works:
  *
@@ -5993,12 +6003,7 @@ int set_cpus_allowed_ptr(struct task_struct *p, const struct cpumask *new_mask)
 		goto out;
 	}
 
-	if (p->sched_class->set_cpus_allowed)
-		p->sched_class->set_cpus_allowed(p, new_mask);
-	else {
-		cpumask_copy(&p->cpus_allowed, new_mask);
-		p->rt.nr_cpus_allowed = cpumask_weight(new_mask);
-	}
+	do_set_cpus_allowed(p, new_mask);
 
 	/* Can the task run on the task's current CPU? If so, we're done */
 	if (cpumask_test_cpu(task_cpu(p), new_mask))