diff --git a/kernel/kallsyms_selftest.c b/kernel/kallsyms_selftest.c
index 873f7c445488..cf4af5728307 100644
--- a/kernel/kallsyms_selftest.c
+++ b/kernel/kallsyms_selftest.c
@@ -435,13 +435,11 @@ static int __init kallsyms_test_init(void)
 {
 	struct task_struct *t;
 
-	t = kthread_create(test_entry, NULL, "kallsyms_test");
+	t = kthread_run_on_cpu(test_entry, NULL, 0, "kallsyms_test");
 	if (IS_ERR(t)) {
 		pr_info("Create kallsyms selftest task failed\n");
 		return PTR_ERR(t);
 	}
-	kthread_bind(t, 0);
-	wake_up_process(t);
 
 	return 0;
 }