diff --git a/arch/Kconfig b/arch/Kconfig
index 98f64ad1caf1..ed2539c590bf 100644
--- a/arch/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/Kconfig
@@ -225,8 +225,8 @@ config ARCH_INIT_TASK
 config ARCH_TASK_STRUCT_ALLOCATOR
 	bool
 
-# Select if arch has its private alloc_thread_info() function
-config ARCH_THREAD_INFO_ALLOCATOR
+# Select if arch has its private alloc_thread_stack() function
+config ARCH_THREAD_STACK_ALLOCATOR
 	bool
 
 # Select if arch wants to size task_struct dynamically via arch_task_struct_size:
diff --git a/arch/ia64/Kconfig b/arch/ia64/Kconfig
index eb0249e37981..7534fd34f79d 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/ia64/Kconfig
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ config IA64
 	select GENERIC_SMP_IDLE_THREAD
 	select ARCH_INIT_TASK
 	select ARCH_TASK_STRUCT_ALLOCATOR
-	select ARCH_THREAD_INFO_ALLOCATOR
+	select ARCH_THREAD_STACK_ALLOCATOR
 	select ARCH_CLOCKSOURCE_DATA
 	select GENERIC_TIME_VSYSCALL_OLD
 	select SYSCTL_ARCH_UNALIGN_NO_WARN
diff --git a/arch/ia64/include/asm/thread_info.h b/arch/ia64/include/asm/thread_info.h
index aa995b67c3f5..d1212b84fb83 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/include/asm/thread_info.h
+++ b/arch/ia64/include/asm/thread_info.h
@@ -48,15 +48,15 @@ struct thread_info {
 #ifndef ASM_OFFSETS_C
 /* how to get the thread information struct from C */
 #define current_thread_info()	((struct thread_info *) ((char *) current + IA64_TASK_SIZE))
-#define alloc_thread_info_node(tsk, node)	\
-		((struct thread_info *) ((char *) (tsk) + IA64_TASK_SIZE))
+#define alloc_thread_stack_node(tsk, node)	\
+		((unsigned long *) ((char *) (tsk) + IA64_TASK_SIZE))
 #define task_thread_info(tsk)	((struct thread_info *) ((char *) (tsk) + IA64_TASK_SIZE))
 #else
 #define current_thread_info()	((struct thread_info *) 0)
-#define alloc_thread_info_node(tsk, node)	((struct thread_info *) 0)
+#define alloc_thread_stack_node(tsk, node)	((unsigned long *) 0)
 #define task_thread_info(tsk)	((struct thread_info *) 0)
 #endif
-#define free_thread_info(ti)	/* nothing */
+#define free_thread_stack(ti)	/* nothing */
 #define task_stack_page(tsk)	((void *)(tsk))
 
 #define __HAVE_THREAD_FUNCTIONS
diff --git a/arch/mn10300/include/asm/thread_info.h b/arch/mn10300/include/asm/thread_info.h
index 4861a78c7160..f5f90bbf019d 100644
--- a/arch/mn10300/include/asm/thread_info.h
+++ b/arch/mn10300/include/asm/thread_info.h
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ static inline unsigned long current_stack_pointer(void)
 }
 
 #ifndef CONFIG_KGDB
-void arch_release_thread_info(struct thread_info *ti);
+void arch_release_thread_stack(unsigned long *stack);
 #endif
 #define get_thread_info(ti)	get_task_struct((ti)->task)
 #define put_thread_info(ti)	put_task_struct((ti)->task)
diff --git a/arch/mn10300/kernel/kgdb.c b/arch/mn10300/kernel/kgdb.c
index 99770823451a..2d7986c386fe 100644
--- a/arch/mn10300/kernel/kgdb.c
+++ b/arch/mn10300/kernel/kgdb.c
@@ -397,8 +397,9 @@ static bool kgdb_arch_undo_singlestep(struct pt_regs *regs)
  * single-step state is cleared.  At this point the breakpoints should have
  * been removed by __switch_to().
  */
-void arch_release_thread_info(struct thread_info *ti)
+void arch_release_thread_stack(unsigned long *stack)
 {
+	struct thread_info *ti = (void *)stack;
 	if (kgdb_sstep_thread == ti) {
 		kgdb_sstep_thread = NULL;
 
diff --git a/arch/tile/include/asm/thread_info.h b/arch/tile/include/asm/thread_info.h
index dc1fb28d9636..489b15016303 100644
--- a/arch/tile/include/asm/thread_info.h
+++ b/arch/tile/include/asm/thread_info.h
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ struct thread_info {
 
 #ifndef __ASSEMBLY__
 
-void arch_release_thread_info(struct thread_info *info);
+void arch_release_thread_stack(unsigned long *stack);
 
 /* How to get the thread information struct from C. */
 register unsigned long stack_pointer __asm__("sp");
diff --git a/arch/tile/kernel/process.c b/arch/tile/kernel/process.c
index 7d5769310bef..a97ab1a69a90 100644
--- a/arch/tile/kernel/process.c
+++ b/arch/tile/kernel/process.c
@@ -73,8 +73,9 @@ void arch_cpu_idle(void)
 /*
  * Release a thread_info structure
  */
-void arch_release_thread_info(struct thread_info *info)
+void arch_release_thread_stack(unsigned long *stack)
 {
+	struct thread_info *info = (void *)stack;
 	struct single_step_state *step_state = info->step_state;
 
 	if (step_state) {
diff --git a/include/linux/sched.h b/include/linux/sched.h
index ad2c304b29b8..85cf2d2f02cb 100644
--- a/include/linux/sched.h
+++ b/include/linux/sched.h
@@ -2986,7 +2986,7 @@ static inline int object_is_on_stack(void *obj)
 	return (obj >= stack) && (obj < (stack + THREAD_SIZE));
 }
 
-extern void thread_info_cache_init(void);
+extern void thread_stack_cache_init(void);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_STACK_USAGE
 static inline unsigned long stack_not_used(struct task_struct *p)
diff --git a/init/main.c b/init/main.c
index fbafa271531c..86f5ce9ede86 100644
--- a/init/main.c
+++ b/init/main.c
@@ -468,7 +468,7 @@ void __init __weak smp_setup_processor_id(void)
 }
 
 # if THREAD_SIZE >= PAGE_SIZE
-void __init __weak thread_info_cache_init(void)
+void __init __weak thread_stack_cache_init(void)
 {
 }
 #endif
@@ -645,7 +645,7 @@ asmlinkage __visible void __init start_kernel(void)
 	/* Should be run before the first non-init thread is created */
 	init_espfix_bsp();
 #endif
-	thread_info_cache_init();
+	thread_stack_cache_init();
 	cred_init();
 	fork_init();
 	proc_caches_init();
diff --git a/kernel/fork.c b/kernel/fork.c
index 68cfda1c1800..5ee818516a1c 100644
--- a/kernel/fork.c
+++ b/kernel/fork.c
@@ -147,18 +147,18 @@ static inline void free_task_struct(struct task_struct *tsk)
 }
 #endif
 
-void __weak arch_release_thread_info(struct thread_info *ti)
+void __weak arch_release_thread_stack(unsigned long *stack)
 {
 }
 
-#ifndef CONFIG_ARCH_THREAD_INFO_ALLOCATOR
+#ifndef CONFIG_ARCH_THREAD_STACK_ALLOCATOR
 
 /*
  * Allocate pages if THREAD_SIZE is >= PAGE_SIZE, otherwise use a
  * kmemcache based allocator.
  */
 # if THREAD_SIZE >= PAGE_SIZE
-static struct thread_info *alloc_thread_info_node(struct task_struct *tsk,
+static unsigned long *alloc_thread_stack_node(struct task_struct *tsk,
 						  int node)
 {
 	struct page *page = alloc_kmem_pages_node(node, THREADINFO_GFP,
@@ -167,29 +167,31 @@ static struct thread_info *alloc_thread_info_node(struct task_struct *tsk,
 	return page ? page_address(page) : NULL;
 }
 
-static inline void free_thread_info(struct thread_info *ti)
+static inline void free_thread_stack(unsigned long *stack)
 {
-	free_kmem_pages((unsigned long)ti, THREAD_SIZE_ORDER);
+	struct page *page = virt_to_page(stack);
+
+	__free_kmem_pages(page, THREAD_SIZE_ORDER);
 }
 # else
-static struct kmem_cache *thread_info_cache;
+static struct kmem_cache *thread_stack_cache;
 
-static struct thread_info *alloc_thread_info_node(struct task_struct *tsk,
+static struct thread_info *alloc_thread_stack_node(struct task_struct *tsk,
 						  int node)
 {
-	return kmem_cache_alloc_node(thread_info_cache, THREADINFO_GFP, node);
+	return kmem_cache_alloc_node(thread_stack_cache, THREADINFO_GFP, node);
 }
 
-static void free_thread_info(struct thread_info *ti)
+static void free_stack(unsigned long *stack)
 {
-	kmem_cache_free(thread_info_cache, ti);
+	kmem_cache_free(thread_stack_cache, stack);
 }
 
-void thread_info_cache_init(void)
+void thread_stack_cache_init(void)
 {
-	thread_info_cache = kmem_cache_create("thread_info", THREAD_SIZE,
+	thread_stack_cache = kmem_cache_create("thread_stack", THREAD_SIZE,
 					      THREAD_SIZE, 0, NULL);
-	BUG_ON(thread_info_cache == NULL);
+	BUG_ON(thread_stack_cache == NULL);
 }
 # endif
 #endif
@@ -212,9 +214,9 @@ struct kmem_cache *vm_area_cachep;
 /* SLAB cache for mm_struct structures (tsk->mm) */
 static struct kmem_cache *mm_cachep;
 
-static void account_kernel_stack(struct thread_info *ti, int account)
+static void account_kernel_stack(unsigned long *stack, int account)
 {
-	struct zone *zone = page_zone(virt_to_page(ti));
+	struct zone *zone = page_zone(virt_to_page(stack));
 
 	mod_zone_page_state(zone, NR_KERNEL_STACK, account);
 }
@@ -222,8 +224,8 @@ static void account_kernel_stack(struct thread_info *ti, int account)
 void free_task(struct task_struct *tsk)
 {
 	account_kernel_stack(tsk->stack, -1);
-	arch_release_thread_info(tsk->stack);
-	free_thread_info(tsk->stack);
+	arch_release_thread_stack(tsk->stack);
+	free_thread_stack(tsk->stack);
 	rt_mutex_debug_task_free(tsk);
 	ftrace_graph_exit_task(tsk);
 	put_seccomp_filter(tsk);
@@ -334,7 +336,7 @@ void set_task_stack_end_magic(struct task_struct *tsk)
 static struct task_struct *dup_task_struct(struct task_struct *orig, int node)
 {
 	struct task_struct *tsk;
-	struct thread_info *ti;
+	unsigned long *stack;
 	int err;
 
 	if (node == NUMA_NO_NODE)
@@ -343,15 +345,15 @@ static struct task_struct *dup_task_struct(struct task_struct *orig, int node)
 	if (!tsk)
 		return NULL;
 
-	ti = alloc_thread_info_node(tsk, node);
-	if (!ti)
+	stack = alloc_thread_stack_node(tsk, node);
+	if (!stack)
 		goto free_tsk;
 
 	err = arch_dup_task_struct(tsk, orig);
 	if (err)
-		goto free_ti;
+		goto free_stack;
 
-	tsk->stack = ti;
+	tsk->stack = stack;
 #ifdef CONFIG_SECCOMP
 	/*
 	 * We must handle setting up seccomp filters once we're under
@@ -383,12 +385,12 @@ static struct task_struct *dup_task_struct(struct task_struct *orig, int node)
 	tsk->task_frag.page = NULL;
 	tsk->wake_q.next = NULL;
 
-	account_kernel_stack(ti, 1);
+	account_kernel_stack(stack, 1);
 
 	return tsk;
 
-free_ti:
-	free_thread_info(ti);
+free_stack:
+	free_thread_stack(stack);
 free_tsk:
 	free_task_struct(tsk);
 	return NULL;