diff --git a/include/linux/sched.h b/include/linux/sched.h
index 295b7c756ca6107aee29ee4c12e3eb2f486c9f7e..644ffbda17cad0ccfc977386ac81be74ef69cc6b 100644
--- a/include/linux/sched.h
+++ b/include/linux/sched.h
@@ -247,6 +247,7 @@ extern void init_idle(struct task_struct *idle, int cpu);
 extern void init_idle_bootup_task(struct task_struct *idle);
 
 extern int runqueue_is_locked(void);
+extern void task_rq_unlock_wait(struct task_struct *p);
 
 extern cpumask_t nohz_cpu_mask;
 #if defined(CONFIG_SMP) && defined(CONFIG_NO_HZ)
diff --git a/kernel/exit.c b/kernel/exit.c
index 80137a5d9467811ba4dab35c6e95790002a5f12a..ae2b92be5faec1efa73beefb63304a22d030fc16 100644
--- a/kernel/exit.c
+++ b/kernel/exit.c
@@ -141,6 +141,11 @@ static void __exit_signal(struct task_struct *tsk)
 	if (sig) {
 		flush_sigqueue(&sig->shared_pending);
 		taskstats_tgid_free(sig);
+		/*
+		 * Make sure ->signal can't go away under rq->lock,
+		 * see account_group_exec_runtime().
+		 */
+		task_rq_unlock_wait(tsk);
 		__cleanup_signal(sig);
 	}
 }
diff --git a/kernel/sched.c b/kernel/sched.c
index f3149244e324cdf5eae0280e16cf18446295c252..50a21f964679ec42eee299cab7f7f86edc26a408 100644
--- a/kernel/sched.c
+++ b/kernel/sched.c
@@ -969,6 +969,14 @@ static struct rq *task_rq_lock(struct task_struct *p, unsigned long *flags)
 	}
 }
 
+void task_rq_unlock_wait(struct task_struct *p)
+{
+	struct rq *rq = task_rq(p);
+
+	smp_mb(); /* spin-unlock-wait is not a full memory barrier */
+	spin_unlock_wait(&rq->lock);
+}
+
 static void __task_rq_unlock(struct rq *rq)
 	__releases(rq->lock)
 {