--- 2.6/kernel/sched.c	2003-10-18 21:17:11.000000000 +0200
+++ build-2.6/kernel/sched.c	2003-10-19 00:49:03.000000000 +0200
@@ -2848,7 +2848,7 @@
 #if defined(in_atomic)
 	static unsigned long prev_jiffy;	/* ratelimiting */
 
-	if (in_atomic() || irqs_disabled()) {
+	if ((in_atomic() && current->pid) || irqs_disabled()) {
 		if (time_before(jiffies, prev_jiffy + HZ) && prev_jiffy)
 			return;
 		prev_jiffy = jiffies;