diff --git a/include/linux/interrupt.h b/include/linux/interrupt.h
index 55e0d42..a1382b9 100644
--- a/include/linux/interrupt.h
+++ b/include/linux/interrupt.h
@@ -426,6 +426,13 @@
  */
 DECLARE_PER_CPU(struct list_head [NR_SOFTIRQS], softirq_work_list);
 
+DECLARE_PER_CPU(struct task_struct *, ksoftirqd);
+
+static inline struct task_struct *this_cpu_ksoftirqd(void)
+{
+	return this_cpu_read(ksoftirqd);
+}
+
 /* Try to send a softirq to a remote cpu.  If this cannot be done, the
  * work will be queued to the local cpu.
  */