diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/process.c b/arch/mips/kernel/process.c
index 513a63b9b991..ba315e523b33 100644
--- a/arch/mips/kernel/process.c
+++ b/arch/mips/kernel/process.c
@@ -118,7 +118,6 @@ int copy_thread(unsigned long clone_flags, unsigned long usp,
 	struct thread_info *ti = task_thread_info(p);
 	struct pt_regs *childregs, *regs = current_pt_regs();
 	unsigned long childksp;
-	p->set_child_tid = p->clear_child_tid = NULL;
 
 	childksp = (unsigned long)task_stack_page(p) + THREAD_SIZE - 32;
 
diff --git a/arch/openrisc/kernel/process.c b/arch/openrisc/kernel/process.c
index 7095dfe7666b..962372143fda 100644
--- a/arch/openrisc/kernel/process.c
+++ b/arch/openrisc/kernel/process.c
@@ -152,8 +152,6 @@ copy_thread(unsigned long clone_flags, unsigned long usp,
 
 	top_of_kernel_stack = sp;
 
-	p->set_child_tid = p->clear_child_tid = NULL;
-
 	/* Locate userspace context on stack... */
 	sp -= STACK_FRAME_OVERHEAD;	/* redzone */
 	sp -= sizeof(struct pt_regs);