diff --git a/include/linux/lockdep.h b/include/linux/lockdep.h
index 851d44fa5457..5d05b8149f19 100644
--- a/include/linux/lockdep.h
+++ b/include/linux/lockdep.h
@@ -287,6 +287,8 @@ extern void lockdep_free_key_range(void *start, unsigned long size);
 extern asmlinkage void lockdep_sys_exit(void);
 extern void lockdep_set_selftest_task(struct task_struct *task);
 
+extern void lockdep_init_task(struct task_struct *task);
+
 extern void lockdep_off(void);
 extern void lockdep_on(void);
 
@@ -411,6 +413,10 @@ extern void lock_unpin_lock(struct lockdep_map *lock, struct pin_cookie);
 
 #else /* !CONFIG_LOCKDEP */
 
+static inline void lockdep_init_task(struct task_struct *task)
+{
+}
+
 static inline void lockdep_off(void)
 {
 }
@@ -503,7 +509,6 @@ enum xhlock_context_t {
 	{ .name = (_name), .key = (void *)(_key), }
 
 static inline void lockdep_invariant_state(bool force) {}
-static inline void lockdep_init_task(struct task_struct *task) {}
 static inline void lockdep_free_task(struct task_struct *task) {}
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_LOCK_STAT
diff --git a/init/init_task.c b/init/init_task.c
index c70ef656d0f4..1b15cb90d64f 100644
--- a/init/init_task.c
+++ b/init/init_task.c
@@ -166,6 +166,8 @@ struct task_struct init_task
 	.softirqs_enabled = 1,
 #endif
 #ifdef CONFIG_LOCKDEP
+	.lockdep_depth = 0, /* no locks held yet */
+	.curr_chain_key = 0,
 	.lockdep_recursion = 0,
 #endif
 #ifdef CONFIG_FUNCTION_GRAPH_TRACER
diff --git a/kernel/fork.c b/kernel/fork.c
index 75675b9bf6df..735d0b4a89e2 100644
--- a/kernel/fork.c
+++ b/kernel/fork.c
@@ -1984,9 +1984,6 @@ static __latent_entropy struct task_struct *copy_process(
 	p->pagefault_disabled = 0;
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_LOCKDEP
-	p->lockdep_depth = 0; /* no locks held yet */
-	p->curr_chain_key = 0;
-	p->lockdep_recursion = 0;
 	lockdep_init_task(p);
 #endif
 
diff --git a/kernel/locking/lockdep.c b/kernel/locking/lockdep.c
index bc1efc12a8c5..b7d9c28ecf3b 100644
--- a/kernel/locking/lockdep.c
+++ b/kernel/locking/lockdep.c
@@ -359,6 +359,13 @@ static inline u64 iterate_chain_key(u64 key, u32 idx)
 	return k0 | (u64)k1 << 32;
 }
 
+void lockdep_init_task(struct task_struct *task)
+{
+	task->lockdep_depth = 0; /* no locks held yet */
+	task->curr_chain_key = 0;
+	task->lockdep_recursion = 0;
+}
+
 void lockdep_off(void)
 {
 	current->lockdep_recursion++;
@@ -4589,9 +4596,7 @@ void lockdep_reset(void)
 	int i;
 
 	raw_local_irq_save(flags);
-	current->curr_chain_key = 0;
-	current->lockdep_depth = 0;
-	current->lockdep_recursion = 0;
+	lockdep_init_task(current);
 	memset(current->held_locks, 0, MAX_LOCK_DEPTH*sizeof(struct held_lock));
 	nr_hardirq_chains = 0;
 	nr_softirq_chains = 0;