diff --git a/arch/um/Kconfig.common b/arch/um/Kconfig.common
index 20a49ba..f03473c 100644
--- a/arch/um/Kconfig.common
+++ b/arch/um/Kconfig.common
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 	select GENERIC_IRQ_SHOW
 	select GENERIC_CPU_DEVICES
 	select GENERIC_IO
+	select HAVE_GENERIC_INIT_TASK
 
 config MMU
 	bool
diff --git a/arch/um/kernel/Makefile b/arch/um/kernel/Makefile
index 65a1c3d..babe218 100644
--- a/arch/um/kernel/Makefile
+++ b/arch/um/kernel/Makefile
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 extra-y := vmlinux.lds
 clean-files :=
 
-obj-y = config.o exec.o exitcode.o init_task.o irq.o ksyms.o mem.o \
+obj-y = config.o exec.o exitcode.o irq.o ksyms.o mem.o \
 	physmem.o process.o ptrace.o reboot.o sigio.o \
 	signal.o smp.o syscall.o sysrq.o time.o tlb.o trap.o \
 	um_arch.o umid.o skas/
diff --git a/arch/um/kernel/init_task.c b/arch/um/kernel/init_task.c
deleted file mode 100644
index ddc9698..0000000
--- a/arch/um/kernel/init_task.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,38 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright (C) 2000 - 2007 Jeff Dike (jdike@{addtoit,intel.linux}.com)
- * Licensed under the GPL
- */
-
-#include "linux/sched.h"
-#include "linux/init_task.h"
-#include "linux/fs.h"
-#include "linux/module.h"
-#include "linux/mqueue.h"
-#include "asm/uaccess.h"
-
-static struct signal_struct init_signals = INIT_SIGNALS(init_signals);
-static struct sighand_struct init_sighand = INIT_SIGHAND(init_sighand);
-/*
- * Initial task structure.
- *
- * All other task structs will be allocated on slabs in fork.c
- */
-
-struct task_struct init_task = INIT_TASK(init_task);
-
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(init_task);
-
-/*
- * Initial thread structure.
- *
- * We need to make sure that this is aligned due to the
- * way process stacks are handled. This is done by having a special
- * "init_task" linker map entry..
- */
-
-union thread_union init_thread_union __init_task_data =
-	{ INIT_THREAD_INFO(init_task) };
-
-union thread_union cpu0_irqstack
-	__attribute__((__section__(".data..init_irqstack"))) =
-		{ INIT_THREAD_INFO(init_task) };
diff --git a/arch/um/kernel/um_arch.c b/arch/um/kernel/um_arch.c
index ba00eae..4db8770 100644
--- a/arch/um/kernel/um_arch.c
+++ b/arch/um/kernel/um_arch.c
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 #include <linux/seq_file.h>
 #include <linux/string.h>
 #include <linux/utsname.h>
+#include <linux/sched.h>
 #include <asm/pgtable.h>
 #include <asm/processor.h>
 #include <asm/setup.h>
@@ -47,6 +48,10 @@
 	.ipi_pipe		= { -1, -1 }
 };
 
+union thread_union cpu0_irqstack
+	__attribute__((__section__(".data..init_irqstack"))) =
+		{ INIT_THREAD_INFO(init_task) };
+
 unsigned long thread_saved_pc(struct task_struct *task)
 {
 	/* FIXME: Need to look up userspace_pid by cpu */