diff --git a/kernel/cgroup_freezer.c b/kernel/cgroup_freezer.c
index 5e828a2..a6d405a 100644
--- a/kernel/cgroup_freezer.c
+++ b/kernel/cgroup_freezer.c
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@
  *   write_lock css_set_lock (cgroup iterator start)
  *    task->alloc_lock
  *   read_lock css_set_lock (cgroup iterator start)
- *    task->alloc_lock (inside thaw_process(), prevents race with refrigerator())
+ *    task->alloc_lock (inside __thaw_task(), prevents race with refrigerator())
  *     sighand->siglock
  */
 static struct cgroup_subsys_state *freezer_create(struct cgroup_subsys *ss,
@@ -300,9 +300,8 @@
 	struct task_struct *task;
 
 	cgroup_iter_start(cgroup, &it);
-	while ((task = cgroup_iter_next(cgroup, &it))) {
-		thaw_process(task);
-	}
+	while ((task = cgroup_iter_next(cgroup, &it)))
+		__thaw_task(task);
 	cgroup_iter_end(cgroup, &it);
 
 	freezer->state = CGROUP_THAWED;
diff --git a/kernel/freezer.c b/kernel/freezer.c
index b83c30e..c851d58 100644
--- a/kernel/freezer.c
+++ b/kernel/freezer.c
@@ -145,18 +145,8 @@
 	}
 }
 
-static int __thaw_process(struct task_struct *p)
-{
-	if (frozen(p)) {
-		p->flags &= ~PF_FROZEN;
-		return 1;
-	}
-	clear_freeze_flag(p);
-	return 0;
-}
-
 /*
- * Wake up a frozen process
+ * Wake up a frozen task
  *
  * task_lock() is needed to prevent the race with refrigerator() which may
  * occur if the freezing of tasks fails.  Namely, without the lock, if the
@@ -164,15 +154,18 @@
  * refrigerator() could call frozen_process(), in which case the task would be
  * frozen and no one would thaw it.
  */
-int thaw_process(struct task_struct *p)
+void __thaw_task(struct task_struct *p)
 {
+	bool was_frozen;
+
 	task_lock(p);
-	if (__thaw_process(p) == 1) {
-		task_unlock(p);
-		wake_up_process(p);
-		return 1;
-	}
+	was_frozen = frozen(p);
+	if (was_frozen)
+		p->flags &= ~PF_FROZEN;
+	else
+		clear_freeze_flag(p);
 	task_unlock(p);
-	return 0;
+
+	if (was_frozen)
+		wake_up_process(p);
 }
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(thaw_process);
diff --git a/kernel/power/process.c b/kernel/power/process.c
index addbbe5..fe27872 100644
--- a/kernel/power/process.c
+++ b/kernel/power/process.c
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@
 		if (cgroup_freezing_or_frozen(p))
 			continue;
 
-		thaw_process(p);
+		__thaw_task(p);
 	} while_each_thread(g, p);
 	read_unlock(&tasklist_lock);
 }