diff --git a/kernel/softlockup.c b/kernel/softlockup.c

index 4b493f6..ada1fcd 100644

--- a/kernel/softlockup.c

+++ b/kernel/softlockup.c

@@ -187,7 +187,9 @@ static int watchdog(void *__bind_cpu)

 {

 	struct sched_param param = { .sched_priority = MAX_RT_PRIO-1 };

+	rcu_read_lock();

 	sched_setscheduler(current, SCHED_FIFO, ¶m;;

+	rcu_read_unlock();

 	/* initialize timestamp */

 	__touch_softlockup_watchdog();

diff --git a/kernel/sched_fair.c b/kernel/sched_fair.c

index 5a5ea2c..47ecc56 100644

--- a/kernel/sched_fair.c

+++ b/kernel/sched_fair.c

@@ -1272,6 +1272,9 @@ static int wake_affine(struct sched_domain *sd, struct task_struct *p, int sync)

 	 * effect of the currently running task from the load

 	 * of the current CPU:

 	 */

+

+	rcu_read_lock();

+

 	if (sync) {

 		tg = task_group(current);

 		weight = current->se.load.weight;

@@ -1298,6 +1301,7 @@ static int wake_affine(struct sched_domain *sd, struct task_struct *p, int sync)

 		100*(this_load + effective_load(tg, this_cpu, weight, weight)) <=

 		imbalance*(load + effective_load(tg, prev_cpu, 0, weight));

+	rcu_read_unlock();

 	/*

 	 * If the currently running task will sleep within

 	 * a reasonable amount of time then attract this newly