diff --git a/include/linux/interrupt.h b/include/linux/interrupt.h
index c911715..e68a8e5 100644
--- a/include/linux/interrupt.h
+++ b/include/linux/interrupt.h
@@ -142,8 +142,6 @@
 extern int __must_check
 request_percpu_irq(unsigned int irq, irq_handler_t handler,
 		   const char *devname, void __percpu *percpu_dev_id);
-
-extern void exit_irq_thread(void);
 #else
 
 extern int __must_check
@@ -177,8 +175,6 @@
 {
 	return request_irq(irq, handler, 0, devname, percpu_dev_id);
 }
-
-static inline void exit_irq_thread(void) { }
 #endif
 
 extern void free_irq(unsigned int, void *);
diff --git a/include/linux/sched.h b/include/linux/sched.h
index 7930131..da01385 100644
--- a/include/linux/sched.h
+++ b/include/linux/sched.h
@@ -1301,11 +1301,6 @@
 	unsigned sched_reset_on_fork:1;
 	unsigned sched_contributes_to_load:1;
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_GENERIC_HARDIRQS
-	/* IRQ handler threads */
-	unsigned irq_thread:1;
-#endif
-
 	pid_t pid;
 	pid_t tgid;
 
@@ -1313,10 +1308,9 @@
 	/* Canary value for the -fstack-protector gcc feature */
 	unsigned long stack_canary;
 #endif
-
-	/* 
+	/*
 	 * pointers to (original) parent process, youngest child, younger sibling,
-	 * older sibling, respectively.  (p->father can be replaced with 
+	 * older sibling, respectively.  (p->father can be replaced with
 	 * p->real_parent->pid)
 	 */
 	struct task_struct __rcu *real_parent; /* real parent process */
diff --git a/kernel/exit.c b/kernel/exit.c
index 3d93325..3ecd096 100644
--- a/kernel/exit.c
+++ b/kernel/exit.c
@@ -954,8 +954,6 @@
 
 	exit_task_work(tsk);
 
-	exit_irq_thread();
-
 	if (unlikely(in_atomic()))
 		printk(KERN_INFO "note: %s[%d] exited with preempt_count %d\n",
 				current->comm, task_pid_nr(current),
diff --git a/kernel/irq/manage.c b/kernel/irq/manage.c
index bb32326..4d1f8f8 100644
--- a/kernel/irq/manage.c
+++ b/kernel/irq/manage.c
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 #include <linux/interrupt.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
 #include <linux/sched.h>
+#include <linux/task_work.h>
 
 #include "internals.h"
 
@@ -773,11 +774,39 @@
 		wake_up(&desc->wait_for_threads);
 }
 
+static void irq_thread_dtor(struct task_work *unused)
+{
+	struct task_struct *tsk = current;
+	struct irq_desc *desc;
+	struct irqaction *action;
+
+	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(!(current->flags & PF_EXITING)))
+		return;
+
+	action = kthread_data(tsk);
+
+	pr_err("genirq: exiting task \"%s\" (%d) is an active IRQ thread (irq %d)\n",
+	       tsk->comm ? tsk->comm : "", tsk->pid, action->irq);
+
+
+	desc = irq_to_desc(action->irq);
+	/*
+	 * If IRQTF_RUNTHREAD is set, we need to decrement
+	 * desc->threads_active and wake possible waiters.
+	 */
+	if (test_and_clear_bit(IRQTF_RUNTHREAD, &action->thread_flags))
+		wake_threads_waitq(desc);
+
+	/* Prevent a stale desc->threads_oneshot */
+	irq_finalize_oneshot(desc, action);
+}
+
 /*
  * Interrupt handler thread
  */
 static int irq_thread(void *data)
 {
+	struct task_work on_exit_work;
 	static const struct sched_param param = {
 		.sched_priority = MAX_USER_RT_PRIO/2,
 	};
@@ -793,7 +822,9 @@
 		handler_fn = irq_thread_fn;
 
 	sched_setscheduler(current, SCHED_FIFO, &param);
-	current->irq_thread = 1;
+
+	init_task_work(&on_exit_work, irq_thread_dtor, NULL);
+	task_work_add(current, &on_exit_work, false);
 
 	while (!irq_wait_for_interrupt(action)) {
 		irqreturn_t action_ret;
@@ -815,44 +846,11 @@
 	 * cannot touch the oneshot mask at this point anymore as
 	 * __setup_irq() might have given out currents thread_mask
 	 * again.
-	 *
-	 * Clear irq_thread. Otherwise exit_irq_thread() would make
-	 * fuzz about an active irq thread going into nirvana.
 	 */
-	current->irq_thread = 0;
+	task_work_cancel(current, irq_thread_dtor);
 	return 0;
 }
 
-/*
- * Called from do_exit()
- */
-void exit_irq_thread(void)
-{
-	struct task_struct *tsk = current;
-	struct irq_desc *desc;
-	struct irqaction *action;
-
-	if (!tsk->irq_thread)
-		return;
-
-	action = kthread_data(tsk);
-
-	pr_err("genirq: exiting task \"%s\" (%d) is an active IRQ thread (irq %d)\n",
-	       tsk->comm ? tsk->comm : "", tsk->pid, action->irq);
-
-	desc = irq_to_desc(action->irq);
-
-	/*
-	 * If IRQTF_RUNTHREAD is set, we need to decrement
-	 * desc->threads_active and wake possible waiters.
-	 */
-	if (test_and_clear_bit(IRQTF_RUNTHREAD, &action->thread_flags))
-		wake_threads_waitq(desc);
-
-	/* Prevent a stale desc->threads_oneshot */
-	irq_finalize_oneshot(desc, action);
-}
-
 static void irq_setup_forced_threading(struct irqaction *new)
 {
 	if (!force_irqthreads)