diff --git a/include/linux/sched.h b/include/linux/sched.h
index 311380e5fe8..d0bd97044ab 100644
--- a/include/linux/sched.h
+++ b/include/linux/sched.h
@@ -1926,6 +1926,8 @@ static inline unsigned long *end_of_stack(struct task_struct *p)
 
 #endif
 
+extern void thread_info_cache_init(void);
+
 /* set thread flags in other task's structures
  * - see asm/thread_info.h for TIF_xxxx flags available
  */
diff --git a/init/main.c b/init/main.c
index 833a67df1f7..507c9fba03b 100644
--- a/init/main.c
+++ b/init/main.c
@@ -525,6 +525,10 @@ void __init __attribute__((weak)) smp_setup_processor_id(void)
 {
 }
 
+void __init __weak thread_info_cache_init(void)
+{
+}
+
 asmlinkage void __init start_kernel(void)
 {
 	char * command_line;
@@ -645,6 +649,7 @@ asmlinkage void __init start_kernel(void)
 	if (efi_enabled)
 		efi_enter_virtual_mode();
 #endif
+	thread_info_cache_init();
 	fork_init(num_physpages);
 	proc_caches_init();
 	buffer_init();