--- /dev/null
+diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/cw1200/bh.c b/drivers/net/wireless/cw1200/bh.c
+index c1ec2a4..5dcbb4e 100644
+--- a/drivers/net/wireless/cw1200/bh.c
++++ b/drivers/net/wireless/cw1200/bh.c
+@@ -48,16 +48,22 @@ enum cw1200_bh_pm_state {
+ typedef int (*cw1200_wsm_handler)(struct cw1200_common *priv,
+ u8 *data, size_t size);
+
++#ifndef CW1200_USE_COMPAT_KTHREAD
+ static void cw1200_bh_work(struct work_struct *work)
+ {
+ struct cw1200_common *priv =
+ container_of(work, struct cw1200_common, bh_work);
+ cw1200_bh(priv);
+ }
++#endif
+
+ int cw1200_register_bh(struct cw1200_common *priv)
+ {
+ int err = 0;
++#ifdef CW1200_USE_COMPAT_KTHREAD
++ struct sched_param param = { .sched_priority = 1 };
++ BUG_ON(priv->bh_thread);
++#else
+ /* Realtime workqueue */
+ priv->bh_workqueue = alloc_workqueue("cw1200_bh",
+ WQ_MEM_RECLAIM | WQ_HIGHPRI
+@@ -67,6 +73,7 @@ int cw1200_register_bh(struct cw1200_common *priv)
+ return -ENOMEM;
+
+ INIT_WORK(&priv->bh_work, cw1200_bh_work);
++#endif
+
+ pr_debug("[BH] register.\n");
+
+@@ -81,20 +88,44 @@ int cw1200_register_bh(struct cw1200_common *priv)
+ init_waitqueue_head(&priv->bh_wq);
+ init_waitqueue_head(&priv->bh_evt_wq);
+
++#ifdef CW1200_USE_COMPAT_KTHREAD
++ priv->bh_thread = kthread_create(&cw1200_bh, priv, "cw1200_bh");
++ if (IS_ERR(priv->bh_thread)) {
++ err = PTR_ERR(priv->bh_thread);
++ priv->bh_thread = NULL;
++ } else {
++ WARN_ON(sched_setscheduler(priv->bh_thread,
++ SCHED_FIFO, ¶m));
++ wake_up_process(priv->bh_thread);
++ }
++#else
+ err = !queue_work(priv->bh_workqueue, &priv->bh_work);
+ WARN_ON(err);
++#endif
++
+ return err;
+ }
+
+ void cw1200_unregister_bh(struct cw1200_common *priv)
+ {
++#ifdef CW1200_USE_COMPAT_KTHREAD
++ struct task_struct *thread = priv->bh_thread;
++ if (WARN_ON(!thread))
++ return;
++#endif
++
+ atomic_add(1, &priv->bh_term);
+ wake_up(&priv->bh_wq);
+
++#ifdef CW1200_USE_COMPAT_KTHREAD
++ kthread_stop(thread);
++ priv->bh_thread = NULL;
++#else
+ flush_workqueue(priv->bh_workqueue);
+
+ destroy_workqueue(priv->bh_workqueue);
+ priv->bh_workqueue = NULL;
++#endif
+
+ pr_debug("[BH] unregistered.\n");
+ }
+@@ -614,6 +645,16 @@ static int cw1200_bh(void *arg)
+ pr_err("[BH] Fatal error, exiting.\n");
+ priv->bh_error = 1;
+ /* TODO: schedule_work(recovery) */
++#ifdef CW1200_USE_COMPAT_KTHREAD
++ for (;;) {
++ int status = wait_event_interruptible(priv->bh_wq, ({
++ term = atomic_xchg(&priv->bh_term, 0);
++ (term);
++ }));
++ if (status || term)
++ break;
++ }
++#endif
+ }
+ return 0;
+ }
+diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/cw1200/cw1200.h b/drivers/net/wireless/cw1200/cw1200.h
+index 1ad7d36..300dbbb 100644
+--- a/drivers/net/wireless/cw1200/cw1200.h
++++ b/drivers/net/wireless/cw1200/cw1200.h
+@@ -23,12 +23,18 @@
+ #include <linux/workqueue.h>
+ #include <net/mac80211.h>
+
++#include <linux/version.h>
++
+ #include "queue.h"
+ #include "wsm.h"
+ #include "scan.h"
+ #include "txrx.h"
+ #include "pm.h"
+
++#if (LINUX_VERSION_CODE < KERNEL_VERSION(2, 6, 36))
++#define CW1200_USE_COMPAT_KTHREAD
++#endif
++
+ /* Forward declarations */
+ struct hwbus_ops;
+ struct task_struct;
+@@ -190,8 +196,12 @@ struct cw1200_common {
+ atomic_t bh_term;
+ atomic_t bh_suspend;
+
++#ifdef CW1200_USE_COMPAT_KTHREAD
++ struct task_struct *bh_thread;
++#else
+ struct workqueue_struct *bh_workqueue;
+ struct work_struct bh_work;
++#endif
+
+ int bh_error;
+ wait_queue_head_t bh_wq;