diff --git a/include/linux/sched/isolation.h b/include/linux/sched/isolation.h
index 0fbcbacd1b29..cc9f393e2a70 100644
--- a/include/linux/sched/isolation.h
+++ b/include/linux/sched/isolation.h
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ enum hk_flags {
 	HK_FLAG_DOMAIN		= (1 << 5),
 	HK_FLAG_WQ		= (1 << 6),
 	HK_FLAG_MANAGED_IRQ	= (1 << 7),
+	HK_FLAG_KTHREAD		= (1 << 8),
 };
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_CPU_ISOLATION
diff --git a/kernel/kthread.c b/kernel/kthread.c
index b86d37cda109..032b610912b0 100644
--- a/kernel/kthread.c
+++ b/kernel/kthread.c
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 #include <linux/ptrace.h>
 #include <linux/uaccess.h>
 #include <linux/numa.h>
+#include <linux/sched/isolation.h>
 #include <trace/events/sched.h>
 
 
@@ -383,7 +384,8 @@ struct task_struct *__kthread_create_on_node(int (*threadfn)(void *data),
 		 * The kernel thread should not inherit these properties.
 		 */
 		sched_setscheduler_nocheck(task, SCHED_NORMAL, &param);
-		set_cpus_allowed_ptr(task, cpu_possible_mask);
+		set_cpus_allowed_ptr(task,
+				     housekeeping_cpumask(HK_FLAG_KTHREAD));
 	}
 	kfree(create);
 	return task;
@@ -608,7 +610,7 @@ int kthreadd(void *unused)
 	/* Setup a clean context for our children to inherit. */
 	set_task_comm(tsk, "kthreadd");
 	ignore_signals(tsk);
-	set_cpus_allowed_ptr(tsk, cpu_possible_mask);
+	set_cpus_allowed_ptr(tsk, housekeeping_cpumask(HK_FLAG_KTHREAD));
 	set_mems_allowed(node_states[N_MEMORY]);
 
 	current->flags |= PF_NOFREEZE;
diff --git a/kernel/sched/isolation.c b/kernel/sched/isolation.c
index 808244f3ddd9..5a6ea03f9882 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/isolation.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/isolation.c
@@ -140,7 +140,8 @@ static int __init housekeeping_nohz_full_setup(char *str)
 {
 	unsigned int flags;
 
-	flags = HK_FLAG_TICK | HK_FLAG_WQ | HK_FLAG_TIMER | HK_FLAG_RCU | HK_FLAG_MISC;
+	flags = HK_FLAG_TICK | HK_FLAG_WQ | HK_FLAG_TIMER | HK_FLAG_RCU |
+		HK_FLAG_MISC | HK_FLAG_KTHREAD;
 
 	return housekeeping_setup(str, flags);
 }