diff --git a/include/linux/freezer.h b/include/linux/freezer.h
index 8f225339eee9..5a361f85cfec 100644
--- a/include/linux/freezer.h
+++ b/include/linux/freezer.h
@@ -44,11 +44,6 @@ static inline bool should_send_signal(struct task_struct *p)
 	return !(p->flags & PF_FREEZER_NOSIG);
 }
 
-/*
- * Wake up a frozen process
- */
-extern int __thaw_process(struct task_struct *p);
-
 /* Takes and releases task alloc lock using task_lock() */
 extern int thaw_process(struct task_struct *p);
 
diff --git a/kernel/cgroup_freezer.c b/kernel/cgroup_freezer.c
index e9c856a265c9..5e6d26b66e88 100644
--- a/kernel/cgroup_freezer.c
+++ b/kernel/cgroup_freezer.c
@@ -275,25 +275,18 @@ static int try_to_freeze_cgroup(struct cgroup *cgroup, struct freezer *freezer)
 	return num_cant_freeze_now ? -EBUSY : 0;
 }
 
-static int unfreeze_cgroup(struct cgroup *cgroup, struct freezer *freezer)
+static void unfreeze_cgroup(struct cgroup *cgroup, struct freezer *freezer)
 {
 	struct cgroup_iter it;
 	struct task_struct *task;
 
 	cgroup_iter_start(cgroup, &it);
 	while ((task = cgroup_iter_next(cgroup, &it))) {
-		int do_wake;
-
-		task_lock(task);
-		do_wake = __thaw_process(task);
-		task_unlock(task);
-		if (do_wake)
-			wake_up_process(task);
+		thaw_process(task);
 	}
 	cgroup_iter_end(cgroup, &it);
-	freezer->state = CGROUP_THAWED;
 
-	return 0;
+	freezer->state = CGROUP_THAWED;
 }
 
 static int freezer_change_state(struct cgroup *cgroup,
@@ -320,7 +313,7 @@ static int freezer_change_state(struct cgroup *cgroup,
 		}
 		/* state == FREEZING and goal_state == THAWED, so unfreeze */
 	case CGROUP_FROZEN:
-		retval = unfreeze_cgroup(cgroup, freezer);
+		unfreeze_cgroup(cgroup, freezer);
 		break;
 	default:
 		break;
diff --git a/kernel/freezer.c b/kernel/freezer.c
index ba6248b323ef..2f4936cf7083 100644
--- a/kernel/freezer.c
+++ b/kernel/freezer.c
@@ -121,16 +121,7 @@ void cancel_freezing(struct task_struct *p)
 	}
 }
 
-/*
- * Wake up a frozen process
- *
- * 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
- * freezing of tasks failed, thaw_tasks() might have run before a task in
- * 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)
+static int __thaw_process(struct task_struct *p)
 {
 	if (frozen(p)) {
 		p->flags &= ~PF_FROZEN;
@@ -140,6 +131,15 @@ int __thaw_process(struct task_struct *p)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+/*
+ * Wake up a frozen process
+ *
+ * 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
+ * freezing of tasks failed, thaw_tasks() might have run before a task in
+ * 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)
 {
 	task_lock(p);