diff --git a/kernel/kthread.c b/kernel/kthread.c
index a5ac612b1609..b6f9ce475a4f 100644
--- a/kernel/kthread.c
+++ b/kernel/kthread.c
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ struct kthread_create_info
 struct kthread {
 	unsigned long flags;
 	unsigned int cpu;
+	int started;
 	int result;
 	int (*threadfn)(void *);
 	void *data;
@@ -382,6 +383,8 @@ static int kthread(void *_create)
 	schedule_preempt_disabled();
 	preempt_enable();
 
+	self->started = 1;
+
 	ret = -EINTR;
 	if (!test_bit(KTHREAD_SHOULD_STOP, &self->flags)) {
 		cgroup_kthread_ready();
@@ -540,7 +543,9 @@ static void __kthread_bind(struct task_struct *p, unsigned int cpu, unsigned int
 
 void kthread_bind_mask(struct task_struct *p, const struct cpumask *mask)
 {
+	struct kthread *kthread = to_kthread(p);
 	__kthread_bind_mask(p, mask, TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE);
+	WARN_ON_ONCE(kthread->started);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -554,7 +559,9 @@ void kthread_bind_mask(struct task_struct *p, const struct cpumask *mask)
  */
 void kthread_bind(struct task_struct *p, unsigned int cpu)
 {
+	struct kthread *kthread = to_kthread(p);
 	__kthread_bind(p, cpu, TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE);
+	WARN_ON_ONCE(kthread->started);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(kthread_bind);