--- src/sys/kern/kern_timeout.c	2005/06/18 12:56:41	1.19
+++ src/sys/kern/kern_timeout.c	2005/11/04 19:28:21	1.20
@@ -177,9 +177,8 @@ swi_softclock_setup(void *arg)
 		 * be preempted by normal interrupts.
 		 */
 		lwkt_create(softclock_handler, sc, NULL,
-			    &sc->thread, TDF_STOPREQ|TDF_INTTHREAD, -1,
+			    &sc->thread, TDF_STOPREQ|TDF_INTTHREAD, cpu,
 			    "softclock %d", cpu);
-		lwkt_setpri(&sc->thread, TDPRI_SOFT_NORM);
 #if 0
 		/* 
 		 * Do not make the thread preemptable until we clean up all
@@ -262,6 +261,8 @@ softclock_handler(void *arg)
 	int mpsafe = 0;
 #endif
 
+	lwkt_setpri_self(TDPRI_SOFT_NORM);
+
 	sc = arg;
 	crit_enter();
 loop: