diff --git a/kernel/kthread.c b/kernel/kthread.c
index df8a8e8f6ca4..bbd51b81a3e8 100644
--- a/kernel/kthread.c
+++ b/kernel/kthread.c
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ static int kthread(void *_create)
 	data = create->data;
 
 	/* OK, tell user we're spawned, wait for stop or wakeup */
-	__set_current_state(TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE);
+	__set_current_state(TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE);
 	complete(&create->started);
 	schedule();
 
@@ -162,7 +162,10 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(kthread_create);
  */
 void kthread_bind(struct task_struct *k, unsigned int cpu)
 {
-	BUG_ON(k->state != TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE);
+	if (k->state != TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE) {
+		WARN_ON(1);
+		return;
+	}
 	/* Must have done schedule() in kthread() before we set_task_cpu */
 	wait_task_inactive(k);
 	set_task_cpu(k, cpu);