diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/irq_32.c b/arch/x86/kernel/irq_32.c
index 96656f2077511bf280eec0010a087c96649fdaaa..5206bb98b16df71882007e10b7bfbdd273db7490 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/irq_32.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/irq_32.c
@@ -129,8 +129,7 @@ void __cpuinit irq_ctx_init(int cpu)
 	irqctx = page_address(alloc_pages_node(cpu_to_node(cpu),
 					       THREAD_FLAGS,
 					       THREAD_ORDER));
-	irqctx->tinfo.task		= NULL;
-	irqctx->tinfo.exec_domain	= NULL;
+	memset(&irqctx->tinfo, 0, sizeof(struct thread_info));
 	irqctx->tinfo.cpu		= cpu;
 	irqctx->tinfo.preempt_count	= HARDIRQ_OFFSET;
 	irqctx->tinfo.addr_limit	= MAKE_MM_SEG(0);
@@ -140,10 +139,8 @@ void __cpuinit irq_ctx_init(int cpu)
 	irqctx = page_address(alloc_pages_node(cpu_to_node(cpu),
 					       THREAD_FLAGS,
 					       THREAD_ORDER));
-	irqctx->tinfo.task		= NULL;
-	irqctx->tinfo.exec_domain	= NULL;
+	memset(&irqctx->tinfo, 0, sizeof(struct thread_info));
 	irqctx->tinfo.cpu		= cpu;
-	irqctx->tinfo.preempt_count	= 0;
 	irqctx->tinfo.addr_limit	= MAKE_MM_SEG(0);
 
 	per_cpu(softirq_ctx, cpu) = irqctx;