diff --git a/include/linux/sched.h b/include/linux/sched.h
index 41285a0e7258eb45e164a24bb1055050aa8e35d8..03b68a7b4b82ae7c775a375f1fe3aa0b6a9909ec 100644
--- a/include/linux/sched.h
+++ b/include/linux/sched.h
@@ -1084,6 +1084,11 @@ extern int do_sigaltstack(const stack_t __user *, stack_t __user *, unsigned lon
 #define SEND_SIG_PRIV	((struct siginfo *) 1)
 #define SEND_SIG_FORCED	((struct siginfo *) 2)
 
+static inline int is_si_special(const struct siginfo *info)
+{
+	return info <= SEND_SIG_FORCED;
+}
+
 /* True if we are on the alternate signal stack.  */
 
 static inline int on_sig_stack(unsigned long sp)
diff --git a/kernel/signal.c b/kernel/signal.c
index 1f7b2aaa4a39c7c128b18181b990d0b945a5dfff..27533b90c3476790460a72d6440f58d4271b8982 100644
--- a/kernel/signal.c
+++ b/kernel/signal.c
@@ -651,9 +651,7 @@ static int check_kill_permission(int sig, struct siginfo *info,
 	if (!valid_signal(sig))
 		return error;
 	error = -EPERM;
-	if ((info == SEND_SIG_NOINFO ||
-			(info != SEND_SIG_PRIV && info != SEND_SIG_FORCED
-				&& SI_FROMUSER(info)))
+	if ((info == SEND_SIG_NOINFO || (!is_si_special(info) && SI_FROMUSER(info)))
 	    && ((sig != SIGCONT) ||
 		(current->signal->session != t->signal->session))
 	    && (current->euid ^ t->suid) && (current->euid ^ t->uid)
@@ -802,7 +800,7 @@ static int send_signal(int sig, struct siginfo *info, struct task_struct *t,
 	   pass on the info struct.  */
 
 	q = __sigqueue_alloc(t, GFP_ATOMIC, (sig < SIGRTMIN &&
-					     (info < SEND_SIG_FORCED ||
+					     (is_si_special(info) ||
 					      info->si_code >= 0)));
 	if (q) {
 		list_add_tail(&q->list, &signals->list);
@@ -825,16 +823,14 @@ static int send_signal(int sig, struct siginfo *info, struct task_struct *t,
 			copy_siginfo(&q->info, info);
 			break;
 		}
-	} else {
-		if (sig >= SIGRTMIN
-		   && info != SEND_SIG_NOINFO && info != SEND_SIG_PRIV
-		   && info->si_code != SI_USER)
+	} else if (!is_si_special(info)) {
+		if (sig >= SIGRTMIN && info->si_code != SI_USER)
 		/*
 		 * Queue overflow, abort.  We may abort if the signal was rt
 		 * and sent by user using something other than kill().
 		 */
 			return -EAGAIN;
-		if ((info > SEND_SIG_PRIV) && (info->si_code == SI_TIMER))
+		if (info->si_code == SI_TIMER)
 			/*
 			 * Set up a return to indicate that we dropped 
 			 * the signal.
@@ -860,7 +856,7 @@ specific_send_sig_info(int sig, struct siginfo *info, struct task_struct *t)
 		BUG();
 	assert_spin_locked(&t->sighand->siglock);
 
-	if ((info > SEND_SIG_FORCED) && (info->si_code == SI_TIMER))
+	if (!is_si_special(info) && (info->si_code == SI_TIMER))
 		/*
 		 * Set up a return to indicate that we dropped the signal.
 		 */
@@ -1052,7 +1048,7 @@ __group_send_sig_info(int sig, struct siginfo *info, struct task_struct *p)
 	assert_spin_locked(&p->sighand->siglock);
 	handle_stop_signal(sig, p);
 
-	if ((info > SEND_SIG_FORCED) && (info->si_code == SI_TIMER))
+	if (!is_si_special(info) && (info->si_code == SI_TIMER))
 		/*
 		 * Set up a return to indicate that we dropped the signal.
 		 */
diff --git a/security/selinux/hooks.c b/security/selinux/hooks.c
index 295ac472faf199fdb2f99caa08d1235599646bb5..45c41490d521e22b07219345fe195f02e171ac27 100644
--- a/security/selinux/hooks.c
+++ b/security/selinux/hooks.c
@@ -2713,8 +2713,7 @@ static int selinux_task_kill(struct task_struct *p, struct siginfo *info, int si
 	if (rc)
 		return rc;
 
-	if (info != SEND_SIG_NOINFO && (info == SEND_SIG_PRIV ||
-					info == SEND_SIG_FORCED || SI_FROMKERNEL(info)))
+	if (info != SEND_SIG_NOINFO && (is_si_special(info) || SI_FROMKERNEL(info)))
 		return 0;
 
 	if (!sig)