diff --git a/include/linux/sched.h b/include/linux/sched.h
index abc0fcd4faa1ce58059077cc4af82eef05001074..6b010860a2c4fc1ef3b1976d6b1379b9ef99eabd 100644
--- a/include/linux/sched.h
+++ b/include/linux/sched.h
@@ -1397,7 +1397,12 @@ struct task_struct {
 	 */
 	randomized_struct_fields_end
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_BPF_SCHED
+	/* Used to pad the tag of a task */
+	long tag;
+#else
 	KABI_RESERVE(1)
+#endif
 	KABI_RESERVE(2)
 	KABI_RESERVE(3)
 	KABI_RESERVE(4)
diff --git a/init/init_task.c b/init/init_task.c
index 5fa18ed59d33e70edc516308306cb3bf8408a1a4..7003426df677bd526a7da7b0d2692c73485a6caa 100644
--- a/init/init_task.c
+++ b/init/init_task.c
@@ -213,6 +213,9 @@ struct task_struct init_task
 #ifdef CONFIG_SECCOMP_FILTER
 	.seccomp	= { .filter_count = ATOMIC_INIT(0) },
 #endif
+#ifdef CONFIG_BPF_SCHED
+	.tag		= 0,
+#endif
 };
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(init_task);
 
diff --git a/kernel/sched/core.c b/kernel/sched/core.c
index c07440743059af0309693eb42e956dc5c1887e47..c0fd31446c701235cf260c2e1fd089a1c1662ff4 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/core.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/core.c
@@ -3113,6 +3113,9 @@ static void __sched_fork(unsigned long clone_flags, struct task_struct *p)
 #ifdef CONFIG_SMP
 	p->wake_entry.u_flags = CSD_TYPE_TTWU;
 #endif
+#ifdef CONFIG_BPF_SCHED
+	p->tag		= 0;
+#endif
 }
 
 DEFINE_STATIC_KEY_FALSE(sched_numa_balancing);