diff -Naur linux-2.6.25.18/include/linux/kernel.h linux-2.6.25.18.new/include/linux/kernel.h
--- linux-2.6.25.18/include/linux/kernel.h	2008-10-09 03:58:32.000000000 +0100
+++ linux-2.6.25.18.new/include/linux/kernel.h	2009-03-16 16:23:39.000000000 +0000
@@ -415,7 +415,8 @@
 	unsigned long totalhigh;	/* Total high memory size */
 	unsigned long freehigh;		/* Available high memory size */
 	unsigned int mem_unit;		/* Memory unit size in bytes */
-	char _f[20-2*sizeof(long)-sizeof(int)];	/* Padding: libc5 uses this.. */
+	unsigned int threads;		/* Number of current threads */
+	char _f[20-2*sizeof(long)-2*sizeof(int)];	/* Padding: libc5 uses this.. */
 };
 
 /* Force a compilation error if condition is true */
diff -Naur linux-2.6.25.18/kernel/compat.c linux-2.6.25.18.new/kernel/compat.c
--- linux-2.6.25.18/kernel/compat.c	2008-10-09 03:58:32.000000000 +0100
+++ linux-2.6.25.18.new/kernel/compat.c	2009-03-16 16:43:31.000000000 +0000
@@ -1031,7 +1031,8 @@
 	u32 totalhigh;
 	u32 freehigh;
 	u32 mem_unit;
-	char _f[20-2*sizeof(u32)-sizeof(int)];
+	u32 threads;
+	char _f[20-2*sizeof(u32)-2*sizeof(int)];
 };
 
 asmlinkage long
@@ -1076,7 +1077,8 @@
 	    __put_user (s.procs, &info->procs) ||
 	    __put_user (s.totalhigh, &info->totalhigh) ||
 	    __put_user (s.freehigh, &info->freehigh) ||
-	    __put_user (s.mem_unit, &info->mem_unit))
+	    __put_user (s.mem_unit, &info->mem_unit) ||
+	    __put_user (s.threads, &info->threads))
 		return -EFAULT;
 
 	return 0;
diff -Naur linux-2.6.25.18/kernel/timer.c linux-2.6.25.18.new/kernel/timer.c
--- linux-2.6.25.18/kernel/timer.c	2008-10-09 03:58:32.000000000 +0100
+++ linux-2.6.25.18.new/kernel/timer.c	2009-03-16 16:20:02.000000000 +0000
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
 #include <linux/delay.h>
 #include <linux/tick.h>
 #include <linux/kallsyms.h>
+#include <linux/sched.h>
 
 #include <asm/uaccess.h>
 #include <asm/unistd.h>
@@ -1166,7 +1167,8 @@
 		info->loads[1] = avenrun[1] << (SI_LOAD_SHIFT - FSHIFT);
 		info->loads[2] = avenrun[2] << (SI_LOAD_SHIFT - FSHIFT);
 
-		info->procs = nr_threads;
+		info->procs = nr_processes();
+		info->threads = nr_threads;
 	} while (read_seqretry(&xtime_lock, seq));
 
 	si_meminfo(info);