diff --git a/fs/io-wq.c b/fs/io-wq.c
index 3d7060ba547a..0ae9ecadf295 100644
--- a/fs/io-wq.c
+++ b/fs/io-wq.c
@@ -591,7 +591,7 @@ static bool create_io_worker(struct io_wq *wq, struct io_wqe *wqe, int index)
 	tsk->pf_io_worker = worker;
 	worker->task = tsk;
 	set_cpus_allowed_ptr(tsk, cpumask_of_node(wqe->node));
-	tsk->flags |= PF_NOFREEZE | PF_NO_SETAFFINITY;
+	tsk->flags |= PF_NO_SETAFFINITY;
 
 	raw_spin_lock_irq(&wqe->lock);
 	hlist_nulls_add_head_rcu(&worker->nulls_node, &wqe->free_list);
@@ -709,7 +709,6 @@ static int io_wq_manager(void *data)
 		set_current_state(TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE);
 		io_wq_check_workers(wq);
 		schedule_timeout(HZ);
-		try_to_freeze();
 		if (fatal_signal_pending(current))
 			set_bit(IO_WQ_BIT_EXIT, &wq->state);
 	} while (!test_bit(IO_WQ_BIT_EXIT, &wq->state));
diff --git a/fs/io_uring.c b/fs/io_uring.c
index 62f998bf2ce8..14165e18020c 100644
--- a/fs/io_uring.c
+++ b/fs/io_uring.c
@@ -6733,7 +6733,6 @@ static int io_sq_thread(void *data)
 
 			up_read(&sqd->rw_lock);
 			schedule();
-			try_to_freeze();
 			down_read(&sqd->rw_lock);
 			list_for_each_entry(ctx, &sqd->ctx_list, sqd_list)
 				io_ring_clear_wakeup_flag(ctx);
diff --git a/kernel/fork.c b/kernel/fork.c
index d3171e8e88e5..72e444cd0ffe 100644
--- a/kernel/fork.c
+++ b/kernel/fork.c
@@ -2436,6 +2436,7 @@ struct task_struct *create_io_thread(int (*fn)(void *), void *arg, int node)
 	if (!IS_ERR(tsk)) {
 		sigfillset(&tsk->blocked);
 		sigdelsetmask(&tsk->blocked, sigmask(SIGKILL));
+		tsk->flags |= PF_NOFREEZE;
 	}
 	return tsk;
 }