diff --git a/arch/i386/kernel/process.c b/arch/i386/kernel/process.c
index 299e61674084..24b3e745478b 100644
--- a/arch/i386/kernel/process.c
+++ b/arch/i386/kernel/process.c
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@
 #include <linux/kallsyms.h>
 #include <linux/ptrace.h>
 #include <linux/random.h>
-#include <linux/kprobes.h>
 
 #include <asm/uaccess.h>
 #include <asm/pgtable.h>
@@ -364,13 +363,6 @@ void exit_thread(void)
 	struct task_struct *tsk = current;
 	struct thread_struct *t = &tsk->thread;
 
-	/*
-	 * Remove function-return probe instances associated with this task
-	 * and put them back on the free list. Do not insert an exit probe for
-	 * this function, it will be disabled by kprobe_flush_task if you do.
-	 */
-	kprobe_flush_task(tsk);
-
 	/* The process may have allocated an io port bitmap... nuke it. */
 	if (unlikely(NULL != t->io_bitmap_ptr)) {
 		int cpu = get_cpu();
diff --git a/arch/ia64/kernel/process.c b/arch/ia64/kernel/process.c
index 309d59658e5f..355d57970ba3 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/kernel/process.c
+++ b/arch/ia64/kernel/process.c
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@
 #include <linux/efi.h>
 #include <linux/interrupt.h>
 #include <linux/delay.h>
-#include <linux/kprobes.h>
 
 #include <asm/cpu.h>
 #include <asm/delay.h>
@@ -738,13 +737,6 @@ void
 exit_thread (void)
 {
 
-	/*
-	 * Remove function-return probe instances associated with this task
-	 * and put them back on the free list. Do not insert an exit probe for
-	 * this function, it will be disabled by kprobe_flush_task if you do.
-	 */
-	kprobe_flush_task(current);
-
 	ia64_drop_fpu(current);
 #ifdef CONFIG_PERFMON
        /* if needed, stop monitoring and flush state to perfmon context */
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c
index 1770a066c217..f698aa77127e 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@
 #include <linux/mqueue.h>
 #include <linux/hardirq.h>
 #include <linux/utsname.h>
-#include <linux/kprobes.h>
 
 #include <asm/pgtable.h>
 #include <asm/uaccess.h>
@@ -460,7 +459,6 @@ void show_regs(struct pt_regs * regs)
 
 void exit_thread(void)
 {
-	kprobe_flush_task(current);
 	discard_lazy_cpu_state();
 }
 
diff --git a/arch/x86_64/kernel/process.c b/arch/x86_64/kernel/process.c
index 81111835722d..0370720515f1 100644
--- a/arch/x86_64/kernel/process.c
+++ b/arch/x86_64/kernel/process.c
@@ -35,8 +35,8 @@
 #include <linux/ptrace.h>
 #include <linux/utsname.h>
 #include <linux/random.h>
-#include <linux/kprobes.h>
 #include <linux/notifier.h>
+#include <linux/kprobes.h>
 
 #include <asm/uaccess.h>
 #include <asm/pgtable.h>
@@ -353,13 +353,6 @@ void exit_thread(void)
 	struct task_struct *me = current;
 	struct thread_struct *t = &me->thread;
 
-	/*
-	 * Remove function-return probe instances associated with this task
-	 * and put them back on the free list. Do not insert an exit probe for
-	 * this function, it will be disabled by kprobe_flush_task if you do.
-	 */
-	kprobe_flush_task(me);
-
 	if (me->thread.io_bitmap_ptr) { 
 		struct tss_struct *tss = &per_cpu(init_tss, get_cpu());
 
diff --git a/kernel/kprobes.c b/kernel/kprobes.c
index 1fb9f753ef60..1156eb0977d0 100644
--- a/kernel/kprobes.c
+++ b/kernel/kprobes.c
@@ -323,10 +323,10 @@ struct hlist_head __kprobes *kretprobe_inst_table_head(struct task_struct *tsk)
 }
 
 /*
- * This function is called from exit_thread or flush_thread when task tk's
- * stack is being recycled so that we can recycle any function-return probe
- * instances associated with this task. These left over instances represent
- * probed functions that have been called but will never return.
+ * This function is called from finish_task_switch when task tk becomes dead,
+ * so that we can recycle any function-return probe instances associated
+ * with this task. These left over instances represent probed functions
+ * that have been called but will never return.
  */
 void __kprobes kprobe_flush_task(struct task_struct *tk)
 {
@@ -336,7 +336,7 @@ void __kprobes kprobe_flush_task(struct task_struct *tk)
 	unsigned long flags = 0;
 
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&kretprobe_lock, flags);
-        head = kretprobe_inst_table_head(current);
+        head = kretprobe_inst_table_head(tk);
         hlist_for_each_entry_safe(ri, node, tmp, head, hlist) {
                 if (ri->task == tk)
                         recycle_rp_inst(ri);
diff --git a/kernel/sched.c b/kernel/sched.c
index 7ffaabd64f89..78acdefeccca 100644
--- a/kernel/sched.c
+++ b/kernel/sched.c
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@
 #include <linux/syscalls.h>
 #include <linux/times.h>
 #include <linux/acct.h>
+#include <linux/kprobes.h>
 #include <asm/tlb.h>
 
 #include <asm/unistd.h>
@@ -1546,8 +1547,14 @@ static inline void finish_task_switch(runqueue_t *rq, task_t *prev)
 	finish_lock_switch(rq, prev);
 	if (mm)
 		mmdrop(mm);
-	if (unlikely(prev_task_flags & PF_DEAD))
+	if (unlikely(prev_task_flags & PF_DEAD)) {
+		/*
+		 * Remove function-return probe instances associated with this
+		 * task and put them back on the free list.
+	 	 */
+		kprobe_flush_task(prev);
 		put_task_struct(prev);
+	}
 }
 
 /**