diff --git a/include/linux/kthread.h b/include/linux/kthread.h
index db47aae7c481..8e21bd13c36d 100644
--- a/include/linux/kthread.h
+++ b/include/linux/kthread.h
@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@ void *kthread_probe_data(struct task_struct *k);
 int kthread_park(struct task_struct *k);
 void kthread_unpark(struct task_struct *k);
 void kthread_parkme(void);
+void kthread_exit(long result) __noreturn;
 
 int kthreadd(void *unused);
 extern struct task_struct *kthreadd_task;
diff --git a/kernel/kthread.c b/kernel/kthread.c
index e319a1b62586..4cc6897b7ca4 100644
--- a/kernel/kthread.c
+++ b/kernel/kthread.c
@@ -268,6 +268,21 @@ void kthread_parkme(void)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kthread_parkme);
 
+/**
+ * kthread_exit - Cause the current kthread return @result to kthread_stop().
+ * @result: The integer value to return to kthread_stop().
+ *
+ * While kthread_exit can be called directly, it exists so that
+ * functions which do some additional work in non-modular code such as
+ * module_put_and_kthread_exit can be implemented.
+ *
+ * Does not return.
+ */
+void __noreturn kthread_exit(long result)
+{
+	do_exit(result);
+}
+
 static int kthread(void *_create)
 {
 	/* Copy data: it's on kthread's stack */
@@ -285,13 +300,13 @@ static int kthread(void *_create)
 	done = xchg(&create->done, NULL);
 	if (!done) {
 		kfree(create);
-		do_exit(-EINTR);
+		kthread_exit(-EINTR);
 	}
 
 	if (!self) {
 		create->result = ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 		complete(done);
-		do_exit(-ENOMEM);
+		kthread_exit(-ENOMEM);
 	}
 
 	self->threadfn = threadfn;
@@ -318,7 +333,7 @@ static int kthread(void *_create)
 		__kthread_parkme(self);
 		ret = threadfn(data);
 	}
-	do_exit(ret);
+	kthread_exit(ret);
 }
 
 /* called from kernel_clone() to get node information for about to be created task */
@@ -628,7 +643,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kthread_park);
  * instead of calling wake_up_process(): the thread will exit without
  * calling threadfn().
  *
- * If threadfn() may call do_exit() itself, the caller must ensure
+ * If threadfn() may call kthread_exit() itself, the caller must ensure
  * task_struct can't go away.
  *
  * Returns the result of threadfn(), or %-EINTR if wake_up_process()
diff --git a/tools/objtool/check.c b/tools/objtool/check.c
index c3bb96e5bfa6..f066837d8e1a 100644
--- a/tools/objtool/check.c
+++ b/tools/objtool/check.c
@@ -169,6 +169,7 @@ static bool __dead_end_function(struct objtool_file *file, struct symbol *func,
 		"panic",
 		"do_exit",
 		"do_task_dead",
+		"kthread_exit",
 		"make_task_dead",
 		"__module_put_and_exit",
 		"complete_and_exit",