diff --git a/kernel/sched/debug.c b/kernel/sched/debug.c
index ac345115877b..d8d2ea215b85 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/debug.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/debug.c
@@ -421,13 +421,19 @@ static char *task_group_path(struct task_group *tg)
 }
 #endif
 
+static const char stat_nam[] = TASK_STATE_TO_CHAR_STR;
+
 static void
 print_task(struct seq_file *m, struct rq *rq, struct task_struct *p)
 {
-	if (rq->curr == p)
-		SEQ_printf(m, "R");
-	else
-		SEQ_printf(m, " ");
+	unsigned long state;
+
+	if (rq->curr == p) {
+		SEQ_printf(m, ">R");
+	} else {
+		state = p->state ? __ffs(p->state) + 1 : 0;
+		SEQ_printf(m, " %c", state < sizeof(stat_nam) - 1 ? stat_nam[state] : '?');
+	}
 
 	SEQ_printf(m, "%15s %5d %9Ld.%06ld %9Ld %5d ",
 		p->comm, task_pid_nr(p),
@@ -456,9 +462,9 @@ static void print_rq(struct seq_file *m, struct rq *rq, int rq_cpu)
 
 	SEQ_printf(m,
 	"\nrunnable tasks:\n"
-	"            task   PID         tree-key  switches  prio"
+	" S           task   PID         tree-key  switches  prio"
 	"     wait-time             sum-exec        sum-sleep\n"
-	"------------------------------------------------------"
+	"-------------------------------------------------------"
 	"----------------------------------------------------\n");
 
 	rcu_read_lock();