diff --git a/arch/m68k/Kconfig b/arch/m68k/Kconfig
index d318c606c888..1891127c7db0 100644
--- a/arch/m68k/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/m68k/Kconfig
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ config M68K
 	select ARCH_HAVE_NMI_SAFE_CMPXCHG if RMW_INSNS
 	select GENERIC_CPU_DEVICES
 	select FPU if MMU
+	select HAVE_GENERIC_INIT_TASK
 
 config RWSEM_GENERIC_SPINLOCK
 	bool
diff --git a/arch/m68k/kernel/Makefile b/arch/m68k/kernel/Makefile
index 40d29a788b05..5c7070e21eb7 100644
--- a/arch/m68k/kernel/Makefile
+++ b/arch/m68k/kernel/Makefile
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ extra-$(CONFIG_SUN3X)	:= head.o
 extra-$(CONFIG_SUN3)	:= sun3-head.o
 extra-y			+= vmlinux.lds
 
-obj-y	:= entry.o init_task.o irq.o m68k_ksyms.o module.o process.o ptrace.o
+obj-y	:= entry.o irq.o m68k_ksyms.o module.o process.o ptrace.o
 obj-y	+= setup.o signal.o sys_m68k.o syscalltable.o time.o traps.o
 
 obj-$(CONFIG_MMU_MOTOROLA) += ints.o vectors.o
diff --git a/arch/m68k/kernel/init_task.c b/arch/m68k/kernel/init_task.c
deleted file mode 100644
index c744cfc6bfa1..000000000000
--- a/arch/m68k/kernel/init_task.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,35 +0,0 @@
-/*
- *  linux/arch/m68knommu/kernel/init_task.c
- */
-#include <linux/mm.h>
-#include <linux/module.h>
-#include <linux/sched.h>
-#include <linux/init.h>
-#include <linux/init_task.h>
-#include <linux/fs.h>
-#include <linux/mqueue.h>
-
-#include <asm/uaccess.h>
-#include <asm/pgtable.h>
-
-static struct signal_struct init_signals = INIT_SIGNALS(init_signals);
-static struct sighand_struct init_sighand = INIT_SIGHAND(init_sighand);
-/*
- * Initial task structure.
- *
- * All other task structs will be allocated on slabs in fork.c
- */
-struct task_struct init_task = INIT_TASK(init_task);
-
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(init_task);
-
-/*
- * Initial thread structure.
- *
- * We need to make sure that this is THREAD size aligned due to the
- * way process stacks are handled. This is done by having a special
- * "init_task" linker map entry..
- */
-union thread_union init_thread_union __init_task_data =
-	{ INIT_THREAD_INFO(init_task) };
-