diff --git a/kernel/kmod.c b/kernel/kmod.c
index 9809cc1f33d6c030e63fa2cc9092b4ee608459e5..c6a4f8aebeba5c8a74a6bfc063e4ad08c3f14792 100644
--- a/kernel/kmod.c
+++ b/kernel/kmod.c
@@ -505,7 +505,7 @@ int call_usermodehelper_pipe(char *path, char **argv, char **envp,
 	if (ret < 0)
 		goto out;
 
-	return call_usermodehelper_exec(sub_info, 1);
+	return call_usermodehelper_exec(sub_info, UMH_WAIT_EXEC);
 
   out:
 	call_usermodehelper_freeinfo(sub_info);