diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/irixsig.c b/arch/mips/kernel/irixsig.c
index 08273a2a501d5ca1b837a80bbf1826d269b90113..8150f071f80afdb28da541119655369ac6686312 100644
--- a/arch/mips/kernel/irixsig.c
+++ b/arch/mips/kernel/irixsig.c
@@ -603,7 +603,7 @@ asmlinkage int irix_waitsys(int type, int pid,
 			/* move to end of parent's list to avoid starvation */
 			write_lock_irq(&tasklist_lock);
 			remove_parent(p);
-			add_parent(p, p->parent);
+			add_parent(p);
 			write_unlock_irq(&tasklist_lock);
 			retval = ru ? getrusage(p, RUSAGE_BOTH, ru) : 0;
 			if (retval)
@@ -643,7 +643,7 @@ asmlinkage int irix_waitsys(int type, int pid,
 				write_lock_irq(&tasklist_lock);
 				remove_parent(p);
 				p->parent = p->real_parent;
-				add_parent(p, p->parent);
+				add_parent(p);
 				do_notify_parent(p, SIGCHLD);
 				write_unlock_irq(&tasklist_lock);
 			} else
diff --git a/fs/exec.c b/fs/exec.c
index db0769447d33bf8743be643261d1ff8ab0fcbad0..9046ad2b061411ef8bbbab4cff13592ca84fbc74 100644
--- a/fs/exec.c
+++ b/fs/exec.c
@@ -725,8 +725,8 @@ static int de_thread(struct task_struct *tsk)
 		current->group_leader = current;
 		leader->group_leader = leader;
 
-		add_parent(current, current->parent);
-		add_parent(leader, leader->parent);
+		add_parent(current);
+		add_parent(leader);
 		if (ptrace) {
 			current->ptrace = ptrace;
 			__ptrace_link(current, parent);
diff --git a/include/linux/sched.h b/include/linux/sched.h
index 5f5ab98bbb6b66c0165703780f0c59a1d43b4dc1..b4b14c32b28a1d21e9a91c665feb1cfbac0e98d9 100644
--- a/include/linux/sched.h
+++ b/include/linux/sched.h
@@ -1184,7 +1184,7 @@ extern void wait_task_inactive(task_t * p);
 #endif
 
 #define remove_parent(p)	list_del_init(&(p)->sibling)
-#define add_parent(p, parent)	list_add_tail(&(p)->sibling,&(parent)->children)
+#define add_parent(p)		list_add_tail(&(p)->sibling,&(p)->parent->children)
 
 #define REMOVE_LINKS(p) do {					\
 	if (thread_group_leader(p))				\
@@ -1195,7 +1195,7 @@ extern void wait_task_inactive(task_t * p);
 #define SET_LINKS(p) do {					\
 	if (thread_group_leader(p))				\
 		list_add_tail(&(p)->tasks,&init_task.tasks);	\
-	add_parent(p, (p)->parent);				\
+	add_parent(p);						\
 	} while (0)
 
 #define next_task(p)	list_entry((p)->tasks.next, struct task_struct, tasks)
diff --git a/kernel/exit.c b/kernel/exit.c
index e04a59405e9991c027c583165d43be60c904c223..df26c33037d2f8aed94f504ed7ac7c5d30d3a32e 100644
--- a/kernel/exit.c
+++ b/kernel/exit.c
@@ -1281,7 +1281,7 @@ static int wait_task_stopped(task_t *p, int delayed_group_leader, int noreap,
 
 	/* move to end of parent's list to avoid starvation */
 	remove_parent(p);
-	add_parent(p, p->parent);
+	add_parent(p);
 
 	write_unlock_irq(&tasklist_lock);