diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/ds.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/ds.h
index 413e127e567..149e5208e96 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/ds.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/ds.h
@@ -285,21 +285,12 @@ extern void __cpuinit ds_init_intel(struct cpuinfo_x86 *);
  */
 extern void ds_switch_to(struct task_struct *prev, struct task_struct *next);
 
-/*
- * Task clone/init and cleanup work
- */
-extern void ds_copy_thread(struct task_struct *tsk, struct task_struct *father);
-extern void ds_exit_thread(struct task_struct *tsk);
-
 #else /* CONFIG_X86_DS */
 
 struct cpuinfo_x86;
 static inline void __cpuinit ds_init_intel(struct cpuinfo_x86 *ignored) {}
 static inline void ds_switch_to(struct task_struct *prev,
 				struct task_struct *next) {}
-static inline void ds_copy_thread(struct task_struct *tsk,
-				  struct task_struct *father) {}
-static inline void ds_exit_thread(struct task_struct *tsk) {}
 
 #endif /* CONFIG_X86_DS */
 #endif /* _ASM_X86_DS_H */
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h
index 1efeb497f1f..7c39de7e709 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h
@@ -454,10 +454,8 @@ struct thread_struct {
 	unsigned		io_bitmap_max;
 /* MSR_IA32_DEBUGCTLMSR value to switch in if TIF_DEBUGCTLMSR is set.  */
 	unsigned long	debugctlmsr;
-#ifdef CONFIG_X86_DS
-/* Debug Store context; see include/asm-x86/ds.h; goes into MSR_IA32_DS_AREA */
+	/* Debug Store context; see asm/ds.h */
 	struct ds_context	*ds_ctx;
-#endif /* CONFIG_X86_DS */
 };
 
 static inline unsigned long native_get_debugreg(int regno)
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/ds.c b/arch/x86/kernel/ds.c
index 21a3852abf6..71cab3b62dc 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/ds.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/ds.c
@@ -1352,16 +1352,6 @@ void ds_switch_to(struct task_struct *prev, struct task_struct *next)
 	update_debugctlmsr(debugctlmsr);
 }
 
-void ds_copy_thread(struct task_struct *tsk, struct task_struct *father)
-{
-	clear_tsk_thread_flag(tsk, TIF_DS_AREA_MSR);
-	tsk->thread.ds_ctx = NULL;
-}
-
-void ds_exit_thread(struct task_struct *tsk)
-{
-}
-
 static __init int ds_selftest(void)
 {
 	if (ds_cfg.sizeof_rec[ds_bts]) {
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/process.c b/arch/x86/kernel/process.c
index ca989158e84..fb5dfb891f0 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/process.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/process.c
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 #include <asm/idle.h>
 #include <asm/uaccess.h>
 #include <asm/i387.h>
+#include <asm/ds.h>
 
 unsigned long idle_halt;
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(idle_halt);
@@ -45,6 +46,8 @@ void free_thread_xstate(struct task_struct *tsk)
 		kmem_cache_free(task_xstate_cachep, tsk->thread.xstate);
 		tsk->thread.xstate = NULL;
 	}
+
+	WARN(tsk->thread.ds_ctx, "leaking DS context\n");
 }
 
 void free_thread_info(struct thread_info *ti)
@@ -83,8 +86,6 @@ void exit_thread(void)
 		put_cpu();
 		kfree(bp);
 	}
-
-	ds_exit_thread(current);
 }
 
 void flush_thread(void)
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/process_32.c b/arch/x86/kernel/process_32.c
index 76f8f84043a..b5e4bfef447 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/process_32.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/process_32.c
@@ -290,7 +290,8 @@ int copy_thread(unsigned long clone_flags, unsigned long sp,
 		p->thread.io_bitmap_max = 0;
 	}
 
-	ds_copy_thread(p, current);
+	clear_tsk_thread_flag(p, TIF_DS_AREA_MSR);
+	p->thread.ds_ctx = NULL;
 
 	clear_tsk_thread_flag(p, TIF_DEBUGCTLMSR);
 	p->thread.debugctlmsr = 0;
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/process_64.c b/arch/x86/kernel/process_64.c
index b751a41392b..5a1a1de292e 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/process_64.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/process_64.c
@@ -335,7 +335,8 @@ int copy_thread(unsigned long clone_flags, unsigned long sp,
 			goto out;
 	}
 
-	ds_copy_thread(p, me);
+	clear_tsk_thread_flag(p, TIF_DS_AREA_MSR);
+	p->thread.ds_ctx = NULL;
 
 	clear_tsk_thread_flag(p, TIF_DEBUGCTLMSR);
 	p->thread.debugctlmsr = 0;