diff --git a/arch/frv/Kconfig b/arch/frv/Kconfig
index a685910d2d5ce562f36f8f4ae02811390600682c..ed6dbd290c42871fab35ed98cdff3a8d334ffe70 100644
--- a/arch/frv/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/frv/Kconfig
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ config FRV
 	select GENERIC_IRQ_SHOW
 	select ARCH_HAVE_NMI_SAFE_CMPXCHG
 	select GENERIC_CPU_DEVICES
+	select HAVE_GENERIC_INIT_TASK
 
 config ZONE_DMA
 	bool
diff --git a/arch/frv/Makefile b/arch/frv/Makefile
index 7ff84575b1865a21c3f97e86b710a303a5cf8347..4d1b1e9baef102ed79013098b27918a4cea051a9 100644
--- a/arch/frv/Makefile
+++ b/arch/frv/Makefile
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO
 KBUILD_AFLAGS	+= -Wa,--gdwarf2
 endif
 
-head-y		:= arch/frv/kernel/head.o arch/frv/kernel/init_task.o
+head-y		:= arch/frv/kernel/head.o
 
 core-y		+= arch/frv/kernel/ arch/frv/mm/
 libs-y		+= arch/frv/lib/
diff --git a/arch/frv/kernel/Makefile b/arch/frv/kernel/Makefile
index c36f70b6699a8cc5e59312221bbbd8649802c7ac..ad4087b69968b051ffd557ad6cb8cd2fcc9b40fb 100644
--- a/arch/frv/kernel/Makefile
+++ b/arch/frv/kernel/Makefile
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 heads-y				:= head-uc-fr401.o head-uc-fr451.o head-uc-fr555.o
 heads-$(CONFIG_MMU)		:= head-mmu-fr451.o
 
-extra-y:= head.o init_task.o vmlinux.lds
+extra-y:= head.o vmlinux.lds
 
 obj-y := $(heads-y) entry.o entry-table.o break.o switch_to.o kernel_thread.o \
 	 kernel_execve.o process.o traps.o ptrace.o signal.o dma.o \
diff --git a/arch/frv/kernel/init_task.c b/arch/frv/kernel/init_task.c
deleted file mode 100644
index 3c3e0b336a9d8e1e6e1e04fe32bd4e1f683761f6..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/arch/frv/kernel/init_task.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,32 +0,0 @@
-#include <linux/mm.h>
-#include <linux/module.h>
-#include <linux/sched.h>
-#include <linux/init.h>
-#include <linux/init_task.h>
-#include <linux/fs.h>
-#include <linux/mqueue.h>
-
-#include <asm/uaccess.h>
-#include <asm/pgtable.h>
-
-
-static struct signal_struct init_signals = INIT_SIGNALS(init_signals);
-static struct sighand_struct init_sighand = INIT_SIGHAND(init_sighand);
-/*
- * Initial thread structure.
- *
- * We need to make sure that this is THREAD_SIZE aligned due to the
- * way process stacks are handled. This is done by having a special
- * "init_task" linker map entry..
- */
-union thread_union init_thread_union __init_task_data =
-	{ INIT_THREAD_INFO(init_task) };
-
-/*
- * Initial task structure.
- *
- * All other task structs will be allocated on slabs in fork.c
- */
-struct task_struct init_task = INIT_TASK(init_task);
-
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(init_task);