diff --git a/kernel/sched/core.c b/kernel/sched/core.c
index 56c9b79772bd..816c17203c16 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/core.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/core.c
@@ -4508,9 +4508,10 @@ void sched_show_task(struct task_struct *p)
 {
 	unsigned long free = 0;
 	int ppid;
-	unsigned state;
+	unsigned long state = p->state;
 
-	state = p->state ? __ffs(p->state) + 1 : 0;
+	if (state)
+		state = __ffs(state) + 1;
 	printk(KERN_INFO "%-15.15s %c", p->comm,
 		state < sizeof(stat_nam) - 1 ? stat_nam[state] : '?');
 #if BITS_PER_LONG == 32