1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/exit.c b/kernel/exit.c
index 9a65f10dc9ff..fd38a8f04367 100644
--- a/kernel/exit.c
+++ b/kernel/exit.c
@@ -512,7 +512,7 @@ static struct task_struct *find_new_reaper(struct task_struct *father)
                         thread = reaper;
                         do {
                                 if (!(thread->flags & PF_EXITING))
-                                        return reaper;
+                                        return thread;
                         } while_each_thread(reaper, thread);
                 }
         }