diff --git a/kernel/futex.c b/kernel/futex.c
index 60be2d3cfdd7..5677fbb97aea 100644
--- a/kernel/futex.c
+++ b/kernel/futex.c
@@ -1553,11 +1553,7 @@ static void mark_wake_futex(struct wake_q_head *wake_q, struct futex_q *q)
 	if (WARN(q->pi_state || q->rt_waiter, "refusing to wake PI futex\n"))
 		return;
 
-	/*
-	 * Queue the task for later wakeup for after we've released
-	 * the hb->lock. wake_q_add() grabs reference to p.
-	 */
-	wake_q_add(wake_q, p);
+	get_task_struct(p);
 	__unqueue_futex(q);
 	/*
 	 * The waiting task can free the futex_q as soon as
@@ -1566,6 +1562,13 @@ static void mark_wake_futex(struct wake_q_head *wake_q, struct futex_q *q)
 	 * store to lock_ptr from getting ahead of the plist_del.
 	 */
 	smp_store_release(&q->lock_ptr, NULL);
+
+	/*
+	 * Queue the task for later wakeup for after we've released
+	 * the hb->lock. wake_q_add() grabs reference to p.
+	 */
+	wake_q_add(wake_q, p);
+	put_task_struct(p);
 }
 
 /*