diff --git a/fs/exec.c b/fs/exec.c
index af4361c927a9250978dcd0dabd98295b481c75c7..c21a8cc0627709db512597ff2af82ab7c094e67d 100644
--- a/fs/exec.c
+++ b/fs/exec.c
@@ -784,7 +784,6 @@ static int de_thread(struct task_struct *tsk)
 	 * and we can just re-use it all.
 	 */
 	if (atomic_read(&oldsighand->count) <= 1) {
-		BUG_ON(atomic_read(&sig->count) != 1);
 		signalfd_detach(tsk);
 		exit_itimers(sig);
 		return 0;
@@ -929,8 +928,6 @@ static int de_thread(struct task_struct *tsk)
 	if (leader)
 		release_task(leader);
 
-	BUG_ON(atomic_read(&sig->count) != 1);
-
 	if (atomic_read(&oldsighand->count) == 1) {
 		/*
 		 * Now that we nuked the rest of the thread group,