diff --git a/kernel/smpboot.c b/kernel/smpboot.c
index 7020eecb398b..bd4320479d29 100644
--- a/kernel/smpboot.c
+++ b/kernel/smpboot.c
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 #include <linux/percpu.h>
 #include <linux/kthread.h>
 #include <linux/smpboot.h>
+#include <linux/kmemleak.h>
 
 #include "smpboot.h"
 
@@ -174,6 +175,8 @@ __smpboot_create_thread(struct smp_hotplug_thread *ht, unsigned int cpu)
 	td = kzalloc_node(sizeof(*td), GFP_KERNEL, cpu_to_node(cpu));
 	if (!td)
 		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	kmemleak_not_leak(td);
 	td->cpu = cpu;
 	td->ht = ht;