diff --git a/include/linux/sched.h b/include/linux/sched.h
index 68daf4f27e2c337102258d71450eabc5a14178dd..d12bd03b688fc80602369e8001441858ef173f9d 100644
--- a/include/linux/sched.h
+++ b/include/linux/sched.h
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ extern char ___assert_task_state[1 - 2*!!(
 			((task->state & (__TASK_STOPPED | __TASK_TRACED)) != 0)
 #define task_contributes_to_load(task)	\
 				((task->state & TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE) != 0 && \
-				 (task->flags & PF_FREEZING) == 0)
+				 (task->flags & PF_FROZEN) == 0)
 
 #define __set_task_state(tsk, state_value)		\
 	do { (tsk)->state = (state_value); } while (0)
@@ -1773,7 +1773,6 @@ extern void thread_group_times(struct task_struct *p, cputime_t *ut, cputime_t *
 #define PF_MEMALLOC	0x00000800	/* Allocating memory */
 #define PF_NPROC_EXCEEDED 0x00001000	/* set_user noticed that RLIMIT_NPROC was exceeded */
 #define PF_USED_MATH	0x00002000	/* if unset the fpu must be initialized before use */
-#define PF_FREEZING	0x00004000	/* freeze in progress. do not account to load */
 #define PF_NOFREEZE	0x00008000	/* this thread should not be frozen */
 #define PF_FROZEN	0x00010000	/* frozen for system suspend */
 #define PF_FSTRANS	0x00020000	/* inside a filesystem transaction */
diff --git a/kernel/freezer.c b/kernel/freezer.c
index a257ecd37c48f4eb74e9a04c8ce43f40ca896e77..b8b562124ba916e4dbedaca229f896e80efa5aef 100644
--- a/kernel/freezer.c
+++ b/kernel/freezer.c
@@ -44,9 +44,6 @@ bool __refrigerator(bool check_kthr_stop)
 	recalc_sigpending(); /* We sent fake signal, clean it up */
 	spin_unlock_irq(&current->sighand->siglock);
 
-	/* prevent accounting of that task to load */
-	current->flags |= PF_FREEZING;
-
 	for (;;) {
 		set_current_state(TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE);
 		if (!freezing(current) ||
@@ -56,9 +53,6 @@ bool __refrigerator(bool check_kthr_stop)
 		schedule();
 	}
 
-	/* Remove the accounting blocker */
-	current->flags &= ~PF_FREEZING;
-
 	/* leave FROZEN */
 	spin_lock_irq(&freezer_lock);
 	if (freezing(current))