diff --git a/fs/exec.c b/fs/exec.c
index 4121bb55973..3a79d97ac23 100644
--- a/fs/exec.c
+++ b/fs/exec.c
@@ -712,7 +712,7 @@ static int de_thread(struct task_struct *tsk)
 		attach_pid(current, PIDTYPE_PID,  current->pid);
 		attach_pid(current, PIDTYPE_PGID, current->signal->pgrp);
 		attach_pid(current, PIDTYPE_SID,  current->signal->session);
-		list_add_tail(&current->tasks, &init_task.tasks);
+		list_add_tail_rcu(&current->tasks, &init_task.tasks);
 
 		current->group_leader = current;
 		leader->group_leader = current;
diff --git a/include/linux/sched.h b/include/linux/sched.h
index b7d31e2e172..29b7d4f87d2 100644
--- a/include/linux/sched.h
+++ b/include/linux/sched.h
@@ -1192,8 +1192,7 @@ extern void wait_task_inactive(task_t * p);
 #define remove_parent(p)	list_del_init(&(p)->sibling)
 #define add_parent(p)		list_add_tail(&(p)->sibling,&(p)->parent->children)
 
-#define next_task(p)	list_entry((p)->tasks.next, struct task_struct, tasks)
-#define prev_task(p)	list_entry((p)->tasks.prev, struct task_struct, tasks)
+#define next_task(p)	list_entry(rcu_dereference((p)->tasks.next), struct task_struct, tasks)
 
 #define for_each_process(p) \
 	for (p = &init_task ; (p = next_task(p)) != &init_task ; )
diff --git a/kernel/exit.c b/kernel/exit.c
index 1a9787ac617..f86434d7b3d 100644
--- a/kernel/exit.c
+++ b/kernel/exit.c
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ static void __unhash_process(struct task_struct *p)
 		detach_pid(p, PIDTYPE_PGID);
 		detach_pid(p, PIDTYPE_SID);
 
-		list_del_init(&p->tasks);
+		list_del_rcu(&p->tasks);
 		__get_cpu_var(process_counts)--;
 	}
 	list_del_rcu(&p->thread_group);
diff --git a/kernel/fork.c b/kernel/fork.c
index 54b15f8cda5..34515772611 100644
--- a/kernel/fork.c
+++ b/kernel/fork.c
@@ -1204,7 +1204,7 @@ static task_t *copy_process(unsigned long clone_flags,
 			attach_pid(p, PIDTYPE_PGID, process_group(p));
 			attach_pid(p, PIDTYPE_SID, p->signal->session);
 
-			list_add_tail(&p->tasks, &init_task.tasks);
+			list_add_tail_rcu(&p->tasks, &init_task.tasks);
 			__get_cpu_var(process_counts)++;
 		}
 		attach_pid(p, PIDTYPE_PID, p->pid);