diff --git a/mm/memory-failure.c b/mm/memory-failure.c
index 0cd3de3550f0830f507d286b0499789d7961171e..d9b8a2490633de3ab9f9c5360f39674b82ae2a81 100644
--- a/mm/memory-failure.c
+++ b/mm/memory-failure.c
@@ -372,7 +372,8 @@ static void kill_procs(struct list_head *to_kill, int forcekill, bool fail,
 			if (fail || tk->addr_valid == 0) {
 				pr_err("Memory failure: %#lx: forcibly killing %s:%d because of failure to unmap corrupted page\n",
 				       pfn, tk->tsk->comm, tk->tsk->pid);
-				force_sig(SIGKILL, tk->tsk);
+				do_send_sig_info(SIGKILL, SEND_SIG_PRIV,
+						 tk->tsk, PIDTYPE_PID);
 			}
 
 			/*