diff --git a/include/linux/wait.h b/include/linux/wait.h
index 3eb7cae8206c..3222e3a2daaf 100644
--- a/include/linux/wait.h
+++ b/include/linux/wait.h
@@ -215,6 +215,7 @@ void __wake_up_sync(struct wait_queue_head *wq_head, unsigned int mode, int nr);
 #define wake_up_interruptible_nr(x, nr)	__wake_up(x, TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE, nr, NULL)
 #define wake_up_interruptible_all(x)	__wake_up(x, TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE, 0, NULL)
 #define wake_up_interruptible_sync(x)	__wake_up_sync((x), TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE, 1)
+#define wake_up_sync(x)			__wake_up_sync(x, TASK_NORMAL, 1)
 
 /*
  * Wakeup macros to be used to report events to the targets.