diff --git a/kernel/signal.c b/kernel/signal.c
index 9fb91a32eddaddfd47d09cb0aa66586a5635a39e..7929523810928d9aa405aa74cb2e390a6083491f 100644
--- a/kernel/signal.c
+++ b/kernel/signal.c
@@ -531,18 +531,18 @@ static int check_kill_permission(int sig, struct siginfo *info,
 	if (!valid_signal(sig))
 		return error;
 
-	error = audit_signal_info(sig, t); /* Let audit system see the signal */
-	if (error)
-		return error;
-
-	error = -EPERM;
-	if ((info == SEND_SIG_NOINFO || (!is_si_special(info) && SI_FROMUSER(info)))
-	    && ((sig != SIGCONT) ||
-		(process_session(current) != process_session(t)))
-	    && (current->euid ^ t->suid) && (current->euid ^ t->uid)
-	    && (current->uid ^ t->suid) && (current->uid ^ t->uid)
-	    && !capable(CAP_KILL))
+	if (info == SEND_SIG_NOINFO || (!is_si_special(info) && SI_FROMUSER(info))) {
+		error = audit_signal_info(sig, t); /* Let audit system see the signal */
+		if (error)
+			return error;
+		error = -EPERM;
+		if (((sig != SIGCONT) ||
+			(process_session(current) != process_session(t)))
+		    && (current->euid ^ t->suid) && (current->euid ^ t->uid)
+		    && (current->uid ^ t->suid) && (current->uid ^ t->uid)
+		    && !capable(CAP_KILL))
 		return error;
+	}
 
 	return security_task_kill(t, info, sig, 0);
 }