1 files changed, 2 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/sys.c b/kernel/sys.c
index 0bcaed6560ac..c80412be2302 100644
--- a/kernel/sys.c
+++ b/kernel/sys.c
@@ -1711,7 +1711,6 @@ asmlinkage long sys_prctl(int option, unsigned long arg2, unsigned long arg3,
                           unsigned long arg4, unsigned long arg5)
 {
         long error;
-        int sig;
 
         error = security_task_prctl(option, arg2, arg3, arg4, arg5);
         if (error)
@@ -1719,12 +1718,11 @@ asmlinkage long sys_prctl(int option, unsigned long arg2, unsigned long arg3,
 
         switch (option) {
                 case PR_SET_PDEATHSIG:
-                        sig = arg2;
-                        if (!valid_signal(sig)) {
+                        if (!valid_signal(arg2)) {
                                 error = -EINVAL;
                                 break;
                         }
-                        current->pdeath_signal = sig;
+                        current->pdeath_signal = arg2;
                         break;
                 case PR_GET_PDEATHSIG:
                         error = put_user(current->pdeath_signal, (int __user *)arg2);