diff --git a/arch/hexagon/Kconfig b/arch/hexagon/Kconfig
index d2e4a33..6ee5488 100644
--- a/arch/hexagon/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/hexagon/Kconfig
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 	select NO_IOPORT
 	select GENERIC_IOMAP
 	select GENERIC_SMP_IDLE_THREAD
+	select HAVE_GENERIC_INIT_TASK
 	# mostly generic routines, with some accelerated ones
 	---help---
 	  Qualcomm Hexagon is a processor architecture designed for high
diff --git a/arch/hexagon/Makefile b/arch/hexagon/Makefile
index 0c4de87..e27d030 100644
--- a/arch/hexagon/Makefile
+++ b/arch/hexagon/Makefile
@@ -45,8 +45,7 @@
 LIBGCC := $(shell $(CC) $(KBUILD_CFLAGS) -print-libgcc-file-name)
 libs-y += $(LIBGCC)
 
-head-y := arch/hexagon/kernel/head.o \
-	arch/hexagon/kernel/init_task.o
+head-y := arch/hexagon/kernel/head.o
 
 core-y += arch/hexagon/kernel/ \
 	arch/hexagon/mm/ \
diff --git a/arch/hexagon/kernel/Makefile b/arch/hexagon/kernel/Makefile
index 3689f37..536aec0 100644
--- a/arch/hexagon/kernel/Makefile
+++ b/arch/hexagon/kernel/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-extra-y := head.o vmlinux.lds init_task.o
+extra-y := head.o vmlinux.lds
 
 obj-$(CONFIG_SMP) += smp.o topology.o
 
diff --git a/arch/hexagon/kernel/init_task.c b/arch/hexagon/kernel/init_task.c
deleted file mode 100644
index 73283d3..0000000
--- a/arch/hexagon/kernel/init_task.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,54 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Init task definition
- *
- * Copyright (c) 2010-2011, Code Aurora Forum. All rights reserved.
- *
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 and
- * only version 2 as published by the Free Software Foundation.
- *
- * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
- * GNU General Public License for more details.
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
- * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
- * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA
- * 02110-1301, USA.
- */
-
-#include <linux/mm.h>
-#include <linux/module.h>
-#include <linux/sched.h>
-#include <linux/init_task.h>
-#include <linux/fs.h>
-#include <linux/mqueue.h>
-#include <asm/thread_info.h>
-#include <asm/uaccess.h>
-#include <asm/pgtable.h>
-
-static struct signal_struct init_signals = INIT_SIGNALS(init_signals);
-static struct sighand_struct init_sighand = INIT_SIGHAND(init_sighand);
-
-/*
- * Initial thread structure.
- *
- * We need to make sure that this is 8192-byte aligned due to the
- * way process stacks are handled. This is done by making sure
- * the linker maps this in the .text segment right after head.S,
- * and making head.S ensure the proper alignment.
- */
-union thread_union init_thread_union
-	__attribute__((__section__(".data.init_task"),
-		__aligned__(THREAD_SIZE))) = {
-			INIT_THREAD_INFO(init_task)
-		};
-
-/*
- * 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);