diff --git a/fs/proc/array.c b/fs/proc/array.c
index fd02a9ebfc30e5086bf45e19b3aa6ca8d1e13e2a..3f57dac31ba66983f4f1295ff9fc99ff15211e4c 100644
--- a/fs/proc/array.c
+++ b/fs/proc/array.c
@@ -126,6 +126,14 @@ static inline const char *get_task_state(struct task_struct *tsk)
 {
 	unsigned int state = (tsk->state | tsk->exit_state) & TASK_REPORT;
 
+	/*
+	 * Parked tasks do not run; they sit in __kthread_parkme().
+	 * Without this check, we would report them as running, which is
+	 * clearly wrong, so we report them as sleeping instead.
+	 */
+	if (tsk->state == TASK_PARKED)
+		state = TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE;
+
 	BUILD_BUG_ON(1 + ilog2(TASK_REPORT) != ARRAY_SIZE(task_state_array)-1);
 
 	return task_state_array[fls(state)];