diff --git a/kernel/signal.c b/kernel/signal.c
index 5630255d2e2a958f6e58eea4596a62b0dea3f91a..ea4632bd40a0edb6238232ed42ffb5ebb3d68146 100644
--- a/kernel/signal.c
+++ b/kernel/signal.c
@@ -1119,19 +1119,18 @@ kill_pg_info(int sig, struct siginfo *info, pid_t pgrp)
 int kill_pid_info(int sig, struct siginfo *info, struct pid *pid)
 {
 	int error;
-	int acquired_tasklist_lock = 0;
 	struct task_struct *p;
 
 	rcu_read_lock();
-	if (unlikely(sig_needs_tasklist(sig))) {
+	if (unlikely(sig_needs_tasklist(sig)))
 		read_lock(&tasklist_lock);
-		acquired_tasklist_lock = 1;
-	}
+
 	p = pid_task(pid, PIDTYPE_PID);
 	error = -ESRCH;
 	if (p)
 		error = group_send_sig_info(sig, info, p);
-	if (unlikely(acquired_tasklist_lock))
+
+	if (unlikely(sig_needs_tasklist(sig)))
 		read_unlock(&tasklist_lock);
 	rcu_read_unlock();
 	return error;