1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/posix-timers.c b/kernel/posix-timers.c
index 6923ad8a5983..7a15afb73ed0 100644
--- a/kernel/posix-timers.c
+++ b/kernel/posix-timers.c
@@ -547,9 +547,9 @@ sys_timer_create(const clockid_t which_clock,
                                 new_timer->it_process = process;
                                 list_add(&new_timer->list,
                                          &process->signal->posix_timers);
-                                spin_unlock_irqrestore(&process->sighand->siglock, flags);
                                 if (new_timer->it_sigev_notify == (SIGEV_SIGNAL|SIGEV_THREAD_ID))
                                         get_task_struct(process);
+                                spin_unlock_irqrestore(&process->sighand->siglock, flags);
                         } else {
                                 spin_unlock_irqrestore(&process->sighand->siglock, flags);
                                 process = NULL;