diff --git a/fs/coredump.c b/fs/coredump.c
index 7dfb3b062e24..d52f6bd5ad8e 100644
--- a/fs/coredump.c
+++ b/fs/coredump.c
@@ -525,6 +525,7 @@ void do_coredump(siginfo_t *siginfo)
 	if (ispipe) {
 		int dump_count;
 		char **helper_argv;
+		struct subprocess_info *sub_info;
 
 		if (ispipe < 0) {
 			printk(KERN_WARNING "format_corename failed\n");
@@ -571,9 +572,14 @@ void do_coredump(siginfo_t *siginfo)
 			goto fail_dropcount;
 		}
 
-		retval = call_usermodehelper_fns(helper_argv[0], helper_argv,
-					NULL, UMH_WAIT_EXEC, umh_pipe_setup,
-					NULL, &cprm);
+		retval = -ENOMEM;
+		sub_info = call_usermodehelper_setup(helper_argv[0],
+						helper_argv, NULL, GFP_KERNEL,
+						umh_pipe_setup, NULL, &cprm);
+		if (sub_info)
+			retval = call_usermodehelper_exec(sub_info,
+							  UMH_WAIT_EXEC);
+
 		argv_free(helper_argv);
 		if (retval) {
 			printk(KERN_INFO "Core dump to %s pipe failed\n",
diff --git a/init/do_mounts_initrd.c b/init/do_mounts_initrd.c
index a32ec1ce882b..3e0878e8a80d 100644
--- a/init/do_mounts_initrd.c
+++ b/init/do_mounts_initrd.c
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ static int init_linuxrc(struct subprocess_info *info, struct cred *new)
 
 static void __init handle_initrd(void)
 {
+	struct subprocess_info *info;
 	static char *argv[] = { "linuxrc", NULL, };
 	extern char *envp_init[];
 	int error;
@@ -70,8 +71,11 @@ static void __init handle_initrd(void)
 	 */
 	current->flags |= PF_FREEZER_SKIP;
 
-	call_usermodehelper_fns("/linuxrc", argv, envp_init, UMH_WAIT_PROC,
-			init_linuxrc, NULL, NULL);
+	info = call_usermodehelper_setup("/linuxrc", argv, envp_init,
+					 GFP_KERNEL, init_linuxrc, NULL, NULL);
+	if (!info)
+		return;
+	call_usermodehelper_exec(info, UMH_WAIT_PROC);
 
 	current->flags &= ~PF_FREEZER_SKIP;