1 files changed, 10 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/signal.c b/kernel/signal.c
index 12ffea7c201d..2955f6c4f36e 100644
--- a/kernel/signal.c
+++ b/kernel/signal.c
@@ -1240,18 +1240,22 @@ void sigqueue_free(struct sigqueue *q)
 
         BUG_ON(!(q->flags & SIGQUEUE_PREALLOC));
         /*
-         * If the signal is still pending remove it from the
-         * pending queue. We must hold ->siglock while testing
-         * q->list to serialize with collect_signal() or with
+         * We must hold ->siglock while testing q->list
+         * to serialize with collect_signal() or with
          * __exit_signal()->flush_sigqueue().
          */
         spin_lock_irqsave(lock, flags);
+        q->flags &= ~SIGQUEUE_PREALLOC;
+        /*
+         * If it is queued it will be freed when dequeued,
+         * like the "regular" sigqueue.
+         */
         if (!list_empty(&q->list))
-                list_del_init(&q->list);
+                q = NULL;
         spin_unlock_irqrestore(lock, flags);
 
-        q->flags &= ~SIGQUEUE_PREALLOC;
-        __sigqueue_free(q);
+        if (q)
+                __sigqueue_free(q);
 }
 
 int send_sigqueue(struct sigqueue *q, struct task_struct *t, int group)