diff --git a/include/linux/sched.h b/include/linux/sched.h
index 8d1de021b315..9a9d8263962d 100644
--- a/include/linux/sched.h
+++ b/include/linux/sched.h
@@ -1050,7 +1050,7 @@ struct task_struct {
 	/* Protected by ->alloc_lock: */
 	nodemask_t			mems_allowed;
 	/* Seqence number to catch updates: */
-	seqcount_t			mems_allowed_seq;
+	seqcount_spinlock_t		mems_allowed_seq;
 	int				cpuset_mem_spread_rotor;
 	int				cpuset_slab_spread_rotor;
 #endif
diff --git a/init/init_task.c b/init/init_task.c
index 15089d15010a..94fe3ba1bb60 100644
--- a/init/init_task.c
+++ b/init/init_task.c
@@ -154,7 +154,8 @@ struct task_struct init_task
 	.trc_holdout_list = LIST_HEAD_INIT(init_task.trc_holdout_list),
 #endif
 #ifdef CONFIG_CPUSETS
-	.mems_allowed_seq = SEQCNT_ZERO(init_task.mems_allowed_seq),
+	.mems_allowed_seq = SEQCNT_SPINLOCK_ZERO(init_task.mems_allowed_seq,
+						 &init_task.alloc_lock),
 #endif
 #ifdef CONFIG_RT_MUTEXES
 	.pi_waiters	= RB_ROOT_CACHED,
diff --git a/kernel/fork.c b/kernel/fork.c
index 70d9d0a4de2a..fc72f09a61b2 100644
--- a/kernel/fork.c
+++ b/kernel/fork.c
@@ -2032,7 +2032,7 @@ static __latent_entropy struct task_struct *copy_process(
 #ifdef CONFIG_CPUSETS
 	p->cpuset_mem_spread_rotor = NUMA_NO_NODE;
 	p->cpuset_slab_spread_rotor = NUMA_NO_NODE;
-	seqcount_init(&p->mems_allowed_seq);
+	seqcount_spinlock_init(&p->mems_allowed_seq, &p->alloc_lock);
 #endif
 #ifdef CONFIG_TRACE_IRQFLAGS
 	p->irq_events = 0;