1 files changed, 0 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/signal.c b/kernel/signal.c
index 24be82c0aae3..02ef3548aeb0 100644
--- a/kernel/signal.c
+++ b/kernel/signal.c
@@ -551,9 +551,7 @@ static int check_kill_permission(int sig, struct siginfo *info,
             !capable(CAP_KILL)) {
                 switch (sig) {
                 case SIGCONT:
-                        read_lock(&tasklist_lock);
                         sid = task_session(t);
-                        read_unlock(&tasklist_lock);
                         /*
                          * We don't return the error if sid == NULL. The
                          * task was unhashed, the caller must notice this.