diff --git a/include/linux/sched.h b/include/linux/sched.h
index 99855f694ebd453f954ec38558f505104d5f9180..d04186d8cc685d9be0ddea01fc94a23b7a6828a7 100644
--- a/include/linux/sched.h
+++ b/include/linux/sched.h
@@ -1151,7 +1151,7 @@ extern void exit_thread(void);
 
 extern void exit_files(struct task_struct *);
 extern void __cleanup_signal(struct signal_struct *);
-extern void cleanup_sighand(struct task_struct *);
+extern void __cleanup_sighand(struct sighand_struct *);
 extern void exit_itimers(struct signal_struct *);
 
 extern NORET_TYPE void do_group_exit(int);
diff --git a/kernel/exit.c b/kernel/exit.c
index 22399caf75743269f1ed9166822264e372b22fbe..bc0ec674d3f4c4fde1332dacc7e436d63a81c5e5 100644
--- a/kernel/exit.c
+++ b/kernel/exit.c
@@ -114,10 +114,11 @@ static void __exit_signal(struct task_struct *tsk)
 	__unhash_process(tsk);
 
 	tsk->signal = NULL;
-	cleanup_sighand(tsk);
+	tsk->sighand = NULL;
 	spin_unlock(&sighand->siglock);
 	rcu_read_unlock();
 
+	__cleanup_sighand(sighand);
 	clear_tsk_thread_flag(tsk,TIF_SIGPENDING);
 	flush_sigqueue(&tsk->pending);
 	if (sig) {
diff --git a/kernel/fork.c b/kernel/fork.c
index aa50c848fae787cbb948011ef0e8b36edb199549..b3f7a1bb5e5586e31894c83189e5314cfe7b4da1 100644
--- a/kernel/fork.c
+++ b/kernel/fork.c
@@ -803,12 +803,8 @@ static inline int copy_sighand(unsigned long clone_flags, struct task_struct * t
 	return 0;
 }
 
-void cleanup_sighand(struct task_struct *tsk)
+void __cleanup_sighand(struct sighand_struct *sighand)
 {
-	struct sighand_struct * sighand = tsk->sighand;
-
-	/* Ok, we're done with the signal handlers */
-	tsk->sighand = NULL;
 	if (atomic_dec_and_test(&sighand->count))
 		kmem_cache_free(sighand_cachep, sighand);
 }
@@ -1233,7 +1229,7 @@ static task_t *copy_process(unsigned long clone_flags,
 bad_fork_cleanup_signal:
 	cleanup_signal(p);
 bad_fork_cleanup_sighand:
-	cleanup_sighand(p);
+	__cleanup_sighand(p->sighand);
 bad_fork_cleanup_fs:
 	exit_fs(p); /* blocking */
 bad_fork_cleanup_files: