diff --git a/include/linux/kthread.h b/include/linux/kthread.h
index 0f9da966934e..c7108ce5a051 100644
--- a/include/linux/kthread.h
+++ b/include/linux/kthread.h
@@ -31,6 +31,9 @@ struct task_struct *kthread_create_on_cpu(int (*threadfn)(void *data),
 					  unsigned int cpu,
 					  const char *namefmt);
 
+void kthread_set_per_cpu(struct task_struct *k, int cpu);
+bool kthread_is_per_cpu(struct task_struct *k);
+
 /**
  * kthread_run - create and wake a thread.
  * @threadfn: the function to run until signal_pending(current).
diff --git a/kernel/kthread.c b/kernel/kthread.c
index e51f0006057d..1d4c98a19043 100644
--- a/kernel/kthread.c
+++ b/kernel/kthread.c
@@ -469,11 +469,36 @@ struct task_struct *kthread_create_on_cpu(int (*threadfn)(void *data),
 		return p;
 	kthread_bind(p, cpu);
 	/* CPU hotplug need to bind once again when unparking the thread. */
-	set_bit(KTHREAD_IS_PER_CPU, &to_kthread(p)->flags);
 	to_kthread(p)->cpu = cpu;
 	return p;
 }
 
+void kthread_set_per_cpu(struct task_struct *k, int cpu)
+{
+	struct kthread *kthread = to_kthread(k);
+	if (!kthread)
+		return;
+
+	WARN_ON_ONCE(!(k->flags & PF_NO_SETAFFINITY));
+
+	if (cpu < 0) {
+		clear_bit(KTHREAD_IS_PER_CPU, &kthread->flags);
+		return;
+	}
+
+	kthread->cpu = cpu;
+	set_bit(KTHREAD_IS_PER_CPU, &kthread->flags);
+}
+
+bool kthread_is_per_cpu(struct task_struct *k)
+{
+	struct kthread *kthread = to_kthread(k);
+	if (!kthread)
+		return false;
+
+	return test_bit(KTHREAD_IS_PER_CPU, &kthread->flags);
+}
+
 /**
  * kthread_unpark - unpark a thread created by kthread_create().
  * @k:		thread created by kthread_create().
diff --git a/kernel/smpboot.c b/kernel/smpboot.c
index 2efe1e206167..f25208e8df83 100644
--- a/kernel/smpboot.c
+++ b/kernel/smpboot.c
@@ -188,6 +188,7 @@ __smpboot_create_thread(struct smp_hotplug_thread *ht, unsigned int cpu)
 		kfree(td);
 		return PTR_ERR(tsk);
 	}
+	kthread_set_per_cpu(tsk, cpu);
 	/*
 	 * Park the thread so that it could start right on the CPU
 	 * when it is available.