diff --git a/kernel/kthread.c b/kernel/kthread.c
index 2dc3786..ca61bbd 100644
--- a/kernel/kthread.c
+++ b/kernel/kthread.c
@@ -265,6 +265,17 @@
 	return 0;
 }
 
+void __init_kthread_worker(struct kthread_worker *worker,
+				const char *name,
+				struct lock_class_key *key)
+{
+	spin_lock_init(&worker->lock);
+	lockdep_set_class_and_name(&worker->lock, key, name);
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&worker->work_list);
+	worker->task = NULL;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__init_kthread_worker);
+
 /**
  * kthread_worker_fn - kthread function to process kthread_worker
  * @worker_ptr: pointer to initialized kthread_worker