diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 0cf9d085ed96..a460df2ebe77 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 52e88f5d4a6b06f3a945728dd3bc403632afe069
+refs/heads/master: e4e6bdbb426d1ecd9e4587f22115f8d0d426d21f
diff --git a/trunk/kernel/rcutorture.c b/trunk/kernel/rcutorture.c
index c52f981ea008..482b11ff65cb 100644
--- a/trunk/kernel/rcutorture.c
+++ b/trunk/kernel/rcutorture.c
@@ -522,6 +522,7 @@ rcu_torture_writer(void *arg)
 
 	VERBOSE_PRINTK_STRING("rcu_torture_writer task started");
 	set_user_nice(current, 19);
+	current->flags |= PF_NOFREEZE;
 
 	do {
 		schedule_timeout_uninterruptible(1);
@@ -561,6 +562,7 @@ rcu_torture_fakewriter(void *arg)
 
 	VERBOSE_PRINTK_STRING("rcu_torture_fakewriter task started");
 	set_user_nice(current, 19);
+	current->flags |= PF_NOFREEZE;
 
 	do {
 		schedule_timeout_uninterruptible(1 + rcu_random(&rand)%10);
@@ -591,6 +593,7 @@ rcu_torture_reader(void *arg)
 
 	VERBOSE_PRINTK_STRING("rcu_torture_reader task started");
 	set_user_nice(current, 19);
+	current->flags |= PF_NOFREEZE;
 
 	do {
 		idx = cur_ops->readlock();