diff --git a/kernel/rcu/update.c b/kernel/rcu/update.c
index 3ef8ba58694e..8a39e68ff8e0 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu/update.c
+++ b/kernel/rcu/update.c
@@ -531,7 +531,8 @@ static int __noreturn rcu_tasks_kthread(void *arg)
 	struct rcu_head *next;
 	LIST_HEAD(rcu_tasks_holdouts);
 
-	/* FIXME: Add housekeeping affinity. */
+	/* Run on housekeeping CPUs by default.  Sysadm can move if desired. */
+	housekeeping_affine(current);
 
 	/*
 	 * Each pass through the following loop makes one check for