diff --git a/sys/kern/init_main.c b/sys/kern/init_main.c
index 80a0907ad610..f472c829ec6b 100644
--- a/sys/kern/init_main.c
+++ b/sys/kern/init_main.c
@@ -462,7 +462,7 @@ proc0_init(void *dummy __unused)
 	td->td_base_user_pri = PUSER;
 	td->td_lend_user_pri = PRI_MAX;
 	td->td_priority = PVM;
-	td->td_base_pri = PUSER;
+	td->td_base_pri = PVM;
 	td->td_oncpu = 0;
 	td->td_flags = TDF_INMEM|TDP_KTHREAD;
 	td->td_cpuset = cpuset_thread0();
diff --git a/sys/kern/kern_kthread.c b/sys/kern/kern_kthread.c
index 679420012aac..95f896fa5aa6 100644
--- a/sys/kern/kern_kthread.c
+++ b/sys/kern/kern_kthread.c
@@ -117,14 +117,15 @@ kproc_create(void (*func)(void *), void *arg,
 
 	/* call the processes' main()... */
 	cpu_set_fork_handler(td, func, arg);
+	thread_lock(td);
 	TD_SET_CAN_RUN(td);
+	sched_prio(td, PVM);
+	sched_user_prio(td, PUSER);
 
 	/* Delay putting it on the run queue until now. */
-	if (!(flags & RFSTOPPED)) {
-		thread_lock(td);
+	if (!(flags & RFSTOPPED))
 		sched_add(td, SRQ_BORING); 
-		thread_unlock(td);
-	}
+	thread_unlock(td);
 
 	return 0;
 }