#endif
 
        struct xen_netif_ctrl_back_ring ctrl;
-       struct task_struct *ctrl_task;
-       wait_queue_head_t ctrl_wq;
        unsigned int ctrl_irq;
 
        /* Miscellaneous private stuff. */
 
 int xenvif_dealloc_kthread(void *data);
 
-int xenvif_ctrl_kthread(void *data);
+irqreturn_t xenvif_ctrl_irq_fn(int irq, void *data);
 
 void xenvif_rx_queue_tail(struct xenvif_queue *queue, struct sk_buff *skb);
 
 
        return IRQ_HANDLED;
 }
 
-irqreturn_t xenvif_ctrl_interrupt(int irq, void *dev_id)
-{
-       struct xenvif *vif = dev_id;
-
-       wake_up(&vif->ctrl_wq);
-
-       return IRQ_HANDLED;
-}
-
 int xenvif_queue_stopped(struct xenvif_queue *queue)
 {
        struct net_device *dev = queue->vif->dev;
        struct net_device *dev = vif->dev;
        void *addr;
        struct xen_netif_ctrl_sring *shared;
-       struct task_struct *task;
-       int err = -ENOMEM;
+       int err;
 
        err = xenbus_map_ring_valloc(xenvif_to_xenbus_device(vif),
                                     &ring_ref, 1, &addr);
        shared = (struct xen_netif_ctrl_sring *)addr;
        BACK_RING_INIT(&vif->ctrl, shared, XEN_PAGE_SIZE);
 
-       init_waitqueue_head(&vif->ctrl_wq);
-
-       err = bind_interdomain_evtchn_to_irqhandler(vif->domid, evtchn,
-                                                   xenvif_ctrl_interrupt,
-                                                   0, dev->name, vif);
+       err = bind_interdomain_evtchn_to_irq(vif->domid, evtchn);
        if (err < 0)
                goto err_unmap;
 
 
        xenvif_init_hash(vif);
 
-       task = kthread_create(xenvif_ctrl_kthread, (void *)vif,
-                             "%s-control", dev->name);
-       if (IS_ERR(task)) {
-               pr_warn("Could not allocate kthread for %s\n", dev->name);
-               err = PTR_ERR(task);
+       err = request_threaded_irq(vif->ctrl_irq, NULL, xenvif_ctrl_irq_fn,
+                                  IRQF_ONESHOT, "xen-netback-ctrl", vif);
+       if (err) {
+               pr_warn("Could not setup irq handler for %s\n", dev->name);
                goto err_deinit;
        }
 
-       get_task_struct(task);
-       vif->ctrl_task = task;
-
-       wake_up_process(vif->ctrl_task);
-
        return 0;
 
 err_deinit:
 
 void xenvif_disconnect_ctrl(struct xenvif *vif)
 {
-       if (vif->ctrl_task) {
-               kthread_stop(vif->ctrl_task);
-               put_task_struct(vif->ctrl_task);
-               vif->ctrl_task = NULL;
-       }
-
        if (vif->ctrl_irq) {
                xenvif_deinit_hash(vif);
                unbind_from_irqhandler(vif->ctrl_irq, vif);
 
        return 0;
 }
 
-int xenvif_ctrl_kthread(void *data)
+irqreturn_t xenvif_ctrl_irq_fn(int irq, void *data)
 {
        struct xenvif *vif = data;
 
-       for (;;) {
-               wait_event_interruptible(vif->ctrl_wq,
-                                        xenvif_ctrl_work_todo(vif) ||
-                                        kthread_should_stop());
-               if (kthread_should_stop())
-                       break;
-
-               while (xenvif_ctrl_work_todo(vif))
-                       xenvif_ctrl_action(vif);
+       while (xenvif_ctrl_work_todo(vif))
+               xenvif_ctrl_action(vif);
 
-               cond_resched();
-       }
-
-       return 0;
+       return IRQ_HANDLED;
 }
 
 static int __init netback_init(void)