diff --git a/fs/exec.c b/fs/exec.c
index c7397c46ad6d174b7af1b04725bd59d904a4cf81..d0ecea0781f7d0f275e173694a94912d65fa223f 100644
--- a/fs/exec.c
+++ b/fs/exec.c
@@ -660,12 +660,23 @@ static int de_thread(struct task_struct *tsk)
 		struct dentry *proc_dentry1, *proc_dentry2;
 		unsigned long ptrace;
 
+		leader = current->group_leader;
+		/*
+		 * If our leader is the child_reaper become
+		 * the child_reaper and resend SIGKILL signal.
+		 */
+		if (unlikely(leader == child_reaper)) {
+			write_lock(&tasklist_lock);
+			child_reaper = current;
+			zap_other_threads(current);
+			write_unlock(&tasklist_lock);
+		}
+
 		/*
 		 * Wait for the thread group leader to be a zombie.
 		 * It should already be zombie at this point, most
 		 * of the time.
 		 */
-		leader = current->group_leader;
 		while (leader->exit_state != EXIT_ZOMBIE)
 			yield();
 
diff --git a/kernel/exit.c b/kernel/exit.c
index a8c7efc7a681a99220711517b200de81e02eba41..223a8802b665e8f04b8f3174c1634a48923b3403 100644
--- a/kernel/exit.c
+++ b/kernel/exit.c
@@ -807,7 +807,7 @@ fastcall NORET_TYPE void do_exit(long code)
 		panic("Aiee, killing interrupt handler!");
 	if (unlikely(!tsk->pid))
 		panic("Attempted to kill the idle task!");
-	if (unlikely(tsk->pid == 1))
+	if (unlikely(tsk == child_reaper))
 		panic("Attempted to kill init!");
 
 	if (unlikely(current->ptrace & PT_TRACE_EXIT)) {
diff --git a/kernel/signal.c b/kernel/signal.c
index 75f7341b0c397275ccd35b8ff29798a5a3d8af4b..dc8f91bf9f8970d00eeb73d9a4c49082fe7b8d91 100644
--- a/kernel/signal.c
+++ b/kernel/signal.c
@@ -1990,7 +1990,7 @@ int get_signal_to_deliver(siginfo_t *info, struct k_sigaction *return_ka,
 			continue;
 
 		/* Init gets no signals it doesn't want.  */
-		if (current->pid == 1)
+		if (current == child_reaper)
 			continue;
 
 		if (sig_kernel_stop(signr)) {