1 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/itimer.c b/kernel/itimer.c
index 1dc988e0d2c7..a72cb0e5aa4b 100644
--- a/kernel/itimer.c
+++ b/kernel/itimer.c
@@ -153,11 +153,15 @@ int do_setitimer(int which, struct itimerval *value, struct itimerval *ovalue)
 
         switch (which) {
         case ITIMER_REAL:
+again:
                 spin_lock_irq(&tsk->sighand->siglock);
                 interval = tsk->signal->it_real_incr;
                 val = it_real_value(tsk->signal);
-                if (val)
-                        del_timer_sync(&tsk->signal->real_timer);
+                /* We are sharing ->siglock with it_real_fn() */
+                if (try_to_del_timer_sync(&tsk->signal->real_timer) < 0) {
+                        spin_unlock_irq(&tsk->sighand->siglock);
+                        goto again;
+                }
                 tsk->signal->it_real_incr =
                         timeval_to_jiffies(&value->it_interval);
                 it_real_arm(tsk, timeval_to_jiffies(&value->it_value));