diff --git a/include/linux/sched.h b/include/linux/sched.h
index fed5e0d411eb..668903ea4561 100644
--- a/include/linux/sched.h
+++ b/include/linux/sched.h
@@ -710,6 +710,7 @@ struct task_struct {
 	unsigned int			policy;
 	int				nr_cpus_allowed;
 	cpumask_t			cpus_allowed;
+	cpumask_t			cpus_requested;
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_PREEMPT_RCU
 	int				rcu_read_lock_nesting;
diff --git a/init/init_task.c b/init/init_task.c
index 7b57e01b3bdd..53e6e27ea8b5 100644
--- a/init/init_task.c
+++ b/init/init_task.c
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ struct task_struct init_task
 	.policy		= SCHED_NORMAL,
 	.cpus_allowed	= CPU_MASK_ALL,
 	.nr_cpus_allowed= NR_CPUS,
+	.cpus_requested	= CPU_MASK_ALL,
 	.mm		= NULL,
 	.active_mm	= &init_mm,
 	.restart_block	= {