diff --git a/Documentation/cpusets.txt b/Documentation/cpusets.txt
index 1ad26d2c20ae61e0fabafefdee24ef5bb35b50e0..2f8f24eaefd9ac746f8a1e98b6e2c99abcc23b58 100644
--- a/Documentation/cpusets.txt
+++ b/Documentation/cpusets.txt
@@ -252,8 +252,7 @@ in a tasks processor placement.
 There is an exception to the above.  If hotplug funtionality is used
 to remove all the CPUs that are currently assigned to a cpuset,
 then the kernel will automatically update the cpus_allowed of all
-tasks attached to CPUs in that cpuset with the online CPUs of the
-nearest parent cpuset that still has some CPUs online.  When memory
+tasks attached to CPUs in that cpuset to allow all CPUs.  When memory
 hotplug functionality for removing Memory Nodes is available, a
 similar exception is expected to apply there as well.  In general,
 the kernel prefers to violate cpuset placement, over starving a task
diff --git a/kernel/sched.c b/kernel/sched.c
index 0dc3158667a2c7aba86f65fad19989e32a1baf8e..66b2ed784822739b1c2e46c317dca2e3324fc6f1 100644
--- a/kernel/sched.c
+++ b/kernel/sched.c
@@ -4243,7 +4243,7 @@ static void move_task_off_dead_cpu(int dead_cpu, struct task_struct *tsk)
 
 	/* No more Mr. Nice Guy. */
 	if (dest_cpu == NR_CPUS) {
-		tsk->cpus_allowed = cpuset_cpus_allowed(tsk);
+		cpus_setall(tsk->cpus_allowed);
 		dest_cpu = any_online_cpu(tsk->cpus_allowed);
 
 		/*