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diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/process.c b/arch/x86/kernel/process.c
index c67685337c5a..97fb3e5737f5 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/process.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/process.c
@@ -49,7 +49,13 @@
*/
__visible DEFINE_PER_CPU_SHARED_ALIGNED(struct tss_struct, cpu_tss) = {
.x86_tss = {
- .sp0 = TOP_OF_INIT_STACK,
+ /*
+ * .sp0 is only used when entering ring 0 from a lower
+ * privilege level. Since the init task never runs anything
+ * but ring 0 code, there is no need for a valid value here.
+ * Poison it.
+ */
+ .sp0 = (1UL << (BITS_PER_LONG-1)) + 1,
#ifdef CONFIG_X86_32
.ss0 = __KERNEL_DS,
.ss1 = __KERNEL_CS,