diff --git a/include/linux/debug_locks.h b/include/linux/debug_locks.h
index a975de1ff59feaba6758afa9682ca9203bfc2c42..3bd46f766751caa9b143adcc5ce546441f6b868d 100644
--- a/include/linux/debug_locks.h
+++ b/include/linux/debug_locks.h
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ struct task_struct;
 extern void debug_show_all_locks(void);
 extern void debug_show_held_locks(struct task_struct *task);
 extern void debug_check_no_locks_freed(const void *from, unsigned long len);
-extern void debug_check_no_locks_held(void);
+extern void debug_check_no_locks_held(struct task_struct *task);
 #else
 static inline void debug_show_all_locks(void)
 {
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ debug_check_no_locks_freed(const void *from, unsigned long len)
 }
 
 static inline void
-debug_check_no_locks_held(void)
+debug_check_no_locks_held(struct task_struct *task)
 {
 }
 #endif
diff --git a/include/linux/freezer.h b/include/linux/freezer.h
index 043a5cf8b5baf3e917dd9ba265c365a334365216..e70df40d84f6fe83c72f732aa44b454148661b6e 100644
--- a/include/linux/freezer.h
+++ b/include/linux/freezer.h
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 #ifndef FREEZER_H_INCLUDED
 #define FREEZER_H_INCLUDED
 
-#include <linux/debug_locks.h>
 #include <linux/sched.h>
 #include <linux/wait.h>
 #include <linux/atomic.h>
@@ -49,8 +48,6 @@ extern void thaw_kernel_threads(void);
 
 static inline bool try_to_freeze(void)
 {
-	if (!(current->flags & PF_NOFREEZE))
-		debug_check_no_locks_held();
 	might_sleep();
 	if (likely(!freezing(current)))
 		return false;
diff --git a/kernel/exit.c b/kernel/exit.c
index 51e485ca993560015dbb56701fd249637afc721c..60bc027c61c3a3be8d5bc26b024ffac0a79f1af9 100644
--- a/kernel/exit.c
+++ b/kernel/exit.c
@@ -835,7 +835,7 @@ void do_exit(long code)
 	/*
 	 * Make sure we are holding no locks:
 	 */
-	debug_check_no_locks_held();
+	debug_check_no_locks_held(tsk);
 	/*
 	 * We can do this unlocked here. The futex code uses this flag
 	 * just to verify whether the pi state cleanup has been done
diff --git a/kernel/lockdep.c b/kernel/lockdep.c
index 259db207b5d90806536da88963e7d1b469e1b943..8a0efac4f99de7c5d0711bea6792db1f385f66eb 100644
--- a/kernel/lockdep.c
+++ b/kernel/lockdep.c
@@ -4088,7 +4088,7 @@ void debug_check_no_locks_freed(const void *mem_from, unsigned long mem_len)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(debug_check_no_locks_freed);
 
-static void print_held_locks_bug(void)
+static void print_held_locks_bug(struct task_struct *curr)
 {
 	if (!debug_locks_off())
 		return;
@@ -4097,21 +4097,22 @@ static void print_held_locks_bug(void)
 
 	printk("\n");
 	printk("=====================================\n");
-	printk("[ BUG: %s/%d still has locks held! ]\n",
-	       current->comm, task_pid_nr(current));
+	printk("[ BUG: lock held at task exit time! ]\n");
 	print_kernel_ident();
 	printk("-------------------------------------\n");
-	lockdep_print_held_locks(current);
+	printk("%s/%d is exiting with locks still held!\n",
+		curr->comm, task_pid_nr(curr));
+	lockdep_print_held_locks(curr);
+
 	printk("\nstack backtrace:\n");
 	dump_stack();
 }
 
-void debug_check_no_locks_held(void)
+void debug_check_no_locks_held(struct task_struct *task)
 {
-	if (unlikely(current->lockdep_depth > 0))
-		print_held_locks_bug();
+	if (unlikely(task->lockdep_depth > 0))
+		print_held_locks_bug(task);
 }
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(debug_check_no_locks_held);
 
 void debug_show_all_locks(void)
 {