diff --git a/include/linux/sched.h b/include/linux/sched.h
index 717cab8a0c83..6e26f1fdbfe2 100644
--- a/include/linux/sched.h
+++ b/include/linux/sched.h
@@ -2237,6 +2237,8 @@ static inline void mm_init_owner(struct mm_struct *mm, struct task_struct *p)
 }
 #endif /* CONFIG_MM_OWNER */
 
+#define TASK_STATE_TO_CHAR_STR "RSDTtZX"
+
 #endif /* __KERNEL__ */
 
 #endif
diff --git a/kernel/sched.c b/kernel/sched.c
index 463dcdb36ef8..73e600852365 100644
--- a/kernel/sched.c
+++ b/kernel/sched.c
@@ -5729,7 +5729,7 @@ long sys_sched_rr_get_interval(pid_t pid, struct timespec __user *interval)
 	return retval;
 }
 
-static const char stat_nam[] = "RSDTtZX";
+static const char stat_nam[] = TASK_STATE_TO_CHAR_STR;
 
 void sched_show_task(struct task_struct *p)
 {