diff --git a/include/linux/init_task.h b/include/linux/init_task.h
index f8834f820ec2..9c04d44eeb3c 100644
--- a/include/linux/init_task.h
+++ b/include/linux/init_task.h
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@
 #include <net/net_namespace.h>
 #include <linux/sched/rt.h>
 
+#include <asm/thread_info.h>
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_SMP
 # define INIT_PUSHABLE_TASKS(tsk)					\
 	.pushable_tasks = PLIST_NODE_INIT(tsk.pushable_tasks, MAX_PRIO),
@@ -183,12 +185,19 @@ extern struct task_group root_task_group;
 # define INIT_KASAN(tsk)
 #endif
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_THREAD_INFO_IN_TASK
+# define INIT_TASK_TI(tsk) .thread_info = INIT_THREAD_INFO(tsk),
+#else
+# define INIT_TASK_TI(tsk)
+#endif
+
 /*
  *  INIT_TASK is used to set up the first task table, touch at
  * your own risk!. Base=0, limit=0x1fffff (=2MB)
  */
 #define INIT_TASK(tsk)	\
 {									\
+	INIT_TASK_TI(tsk)						\
 	.state		= 0,						\
 	.stack		= init_stack,					\
 	.usage		= ATOMIC_INIT(2),				\
diff --git a/include/linux/sched.h b/include/linux/sched.h
index 569df670407a..4108b4880b86 100644
--- a/include/linux/sched.h
+++ b/include/linux/sched.h
@@ -1456,6 +1456,13 @@ struct tlbflush_unmap_batch {
 };
 
 struct task_struct {
+#ifdef CONFIG_THREAD_INFO_IN_TASK
+	/*
+	 * For reasons of header soup (see current_thread_info()), this
+	 * must be the first element of task_struct.
+	 */
+	struct thread_info thread_info;
+#endif
 	volatile long state;	/* -1 unrunnable, 0 runnable, >0 stopped */
 	void *stack;
 	atomic_t usage;
@@ -1465,6 +1472,9 @@ struct task_struct {
 #ifdef CONFIG_SMP
 	struct llist_node wake_entry;
 	int on_cpu;
+#ifdef CONFIG_THREAD_INFO_IN_TASK
+	unsigned int cpu;	/* current CPU */
+#endif
 	unsigned int wakee_flips;
 	unsigned long wakee_flip_decay_ts;
 	struct task_struct *last_wakee;
@@ -2557,7 +2567,9 @@ extern void set_curr_task(int cpu, struct task_struct *p);
 void yield(void);
 
 union thread_union {
+#ifndef CONFIG_THREAD_INFO_IN_TASK
 	struct thread_info thread_info;
+#endif
 	unsigned long stack[THREAD_SIZE/sizeof(long)];
 };
 
@@ -3045,10 +3057,26 @@ static inline void threadgroup_change_end(struct task_struct *tsk)
 	cgroup_threadgroup_change_end(tsk);
 }
 
-#ifndef __HAVE_THREAD_FUNCTIONS
+#ifdef CONFIG_THREAD_INFO_IN_TASK
+
+static inline struct thread_info *task_thread_info(struct task_struct *task)
+{
+	return &task->thread_info;
+}
+static inline void *task_stack_page(const struct task_struct *task)
+{
+	return task->stack;
+}
+#define setup_thread_stack(new,old)	do { } while(0)
+static inline unsigned long *end_of_stack(const struct task_struct *task)
+{
+	return task->stack;
+}
+
+#elif !defined(__HAVE_THREAD_FUNCTIONS)
 
 #define task_thread_info(task)	((struct thread_info *)(task)->stack)
-#define task_stack_page(task)	((task)->stack)
+#define task_stack_page(task)	((void *)(task)->stack)
 
 static inline void setup_thread_stack(struct task_struct *p, struct task_struct *org)
 {
@@ -3348,7 +3376,11 @@ static inline void ptrace_signal_wake_up(struct task_struct *t, bool resume)
 
 static inline unsigned int task_cpu(const struct task_struct *p)
 {
+#ifdef CONFIG_THREAD_INFO_IN_TASK
+	return p->cpu;
+#else
 	return task_thread_info(p)->cpu;
+#endif
 }
 
 static inline int task_node(const struct task_struct *p)
diff --git a/include/linux/thread_info.h b/include/linux/thread_info.h
index 352b1542f5cc..b2b32d63bc8e 100644
--- a/include/linux/thread_info.h
+++ b/include/linux/thread_info.h
@@ -13,6 +13,21 @@
 struct timespec;
 struct compat_timespec;
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_THREAD_INFO_IN_TASK
+struct thread_info {
+	u32			flags;		/* low level flags */
+};
+
+#define INIT_THREAD_INFO(tsk)			\
+{						\
+	.flags		= 0,			\
+}
+#endif
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_THREAD_INFO_IN_TASK
+#define current_thread_info() ((struct thread_info *)current)
+#endif
+
 /*
  * System call restart block.
  */
diff --git a/init/Kconfig b/init/Kconfig
index f755a602d4a1..0c83af6d3753 100644
--- a/init/Kconfig
+++ b/init/Kconfig
@@ -26,6 +26,9 @@ config IRQ_WORK
 config BUILDTIME_EXTABLE_SORT
 	bool
 
+config THREAD_INFO_IN_TASK
+	bool
+
 menu "General setup"
 
 config BROKEN
diff --git a/init/init_task.c b/init/init_task.c
index ba0a7f362d9e..11f83be1fa79 100644
--- a/init/init_task.c
+++ b/init/init_task.c
@@ -22,5 +22,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(init_task);
  * Initial thread structure. Alignment of this is handled by a special
  * linker map entry.
  */
-union thread_union init_thread_union __init_task_data =
-	{ INIT_THREAD_INFO(init_task) };
+union thread_union init_thread_union __init_task_data = {
+#ifndef CONFIG_THREAD_INFO_IN_TASK
+	INIT_THREAD_INFO(init_task)
+#endif
+};
diff --git a/kernel/sched/sched.h b/kernel/sched/sched.h
index 7cbeb92a1cb9..a1cabcea4c54 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/sched.h
+++ b/kernel/sched/sched.h
@@ -999,7 +999,11 @@ static inline void __set_task_cpu(struct task_struct *p, unsigned int cpu)
 	 * per-task data have been completed by this moment.
 	 */
 	smp_wmb();
+#ifdef CONFIG_THREAD_INFO_IN_TASK
+	p->cpu = cpu;
+#else
 	task_thread_info(p)->cpu = cpu;
+#endif
 	p->wake_cpu = cpu;
 #endif
 }
