1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/ipc/sem.c b/ipc/sem.c
index 4a92c0447ad6..e20658d76bb5 100644
--- a/ipc/sem.c
+++ b/ipc/sem.c
@@ -257,12 +257,20 @@ static void sem_rcu_free(struct rcu_head *head)
  * Caller must own sem_perm.lock.
  * New simple ops cannot start, because simple ops first check
  * that sem_perm.lock is free.
+ * that a) sem_perm.lock is free and b) complex_count is 0.
  */
 static void sem_wait_array(struct sem_array *sma)
 {
         int i;
         struct sem *sem;
 
+        if (sma->complex_count)  {
+                /* The thread that increased sma->complex_count waited on
+                 * all sem->lock locks. Thus we don't need to wait again.
+                 */
+                return;
+        }
+
         for (i = 0; i < sma->sem_nsems; i++) {
                 sem = sma->sem_base + i;
                 spin_unlock_wait(&sem->lock);