diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index e8b91ff0c54b..22db8b962634 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: c072a388d59a1d48e36864d0e66f42d71745be1c
+refs/heads/master: b24efdfdf679cf9b05947c531971905fc727dd40
diff --git a/trunk/kernel/rcutiny.c b/trunk/kernel/rcutiny.c
index 034493724749..0c343b9a46d5 100644
--- a/trunk/kernel/rcutiny.c
+++ b/trunk/kernel/rcutiny.c
@@ -189,7 +189,8 @@ static int rcu_kthread(void *arg)
 	unsigned long flags;
 
 	for (;;) {
-		wait_event(rcu_kthread_wq, have_rcu_kthread_work != 0);
+		wait_event_interruptible(rcu_kthread_wq,
+					 have_rcu_kthread_work != 0);
 		morework = rcu_boost();
 		local_irq_save(flags);
 		work = have_rcu_kthread_work;