diff --git a/drivers/char/tty_io.c b/drivers/char/tty_io.c
index 913b50258f903f74367f475cb69f1747492c0bfc..b5f57d0b30ee1bdb5e931825010c59ab0b2627a2 100644
--- a/drivers/char/tty_io.c
+++ b/drivers/char/tty_io.c
@@ -729,6 +729,25 @@ void tty_vhangup(struct tty_struct *tty)
 
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(tty_vhangup);
 
+/**
+ *	tty_vhangup_self	-	process vhangup for own ctty
+ *
+ *	Perform a vhangup on the current controlling tty
+ */
+
+void tty_vhangup_self(void)
+{
+	struct tty_struct *tty;
+
+	mutex_lock(&tty_mutex);
+	tty = get_current_tty();
+	if (tty) {
+		tty_vhangup(tty);
+		tty_kref_put(tty);
+	}
+	mutex_unlock(&tty_mutex);
+}
+
 /**
  *	tty_hung_up_p		-	was tty hung up
  *	@filp: file pointer of tty
diff --git a/fs/open.c b/fs/open.c
index 07da9359481c720c045e2a25e154df02ba02e9ff..5596049863bf742eadb115bafe0deef35b209421 100644
--- a/fs/open.c
+++ b/fs/open.c
@@ -1141,8 +1141,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(sys_close);
 asmlinkage long sys_vhangup(void)
 {
 	if (capable(CAP_SYS_TTY_CONFIG)) {
-		/* XXX: this needs locking */
-		tty_vhangup(current->signal->tty);
+		tty_vhangup_self();
 		return 0;
 	}
 	return -EPERM;
diff --git a/include/linux/tty.h b/include/linux/tty.h
index c30ed8d3bcbdd1580aa598ea8d6e373167a11317..e00393a3d1c9376ca2ee9f607408fcf1700c7e99 100644
--- a/include/linux/tty.h
+++ b/include/linux/tty.h
@@ -361,6 +361,7 @@ extern int is_ignored(int sig);
 extern int tty_signal(int sig, struct tty_struct *tty);
 extern void tty_hangup(struct tty_struct *tty);
 extern void tty_vhangup(struct tty_struct *tty);
+extern void tty_vhangup_self(void);
 extern void tty_unhangup(struct file *filp);
 extern int tty_hung_up_p(struct file *filp);
 extern void do_SAK(struct tty_struct *tty);