diff --git a/kernel/exit.c b/kernel/exit.c
index 1510f78a0ffa5a9496604b3acee679ca63d93c99..8f6185e69b691265746f81a1ca4ce9de9fd8a640 100644
--- a/kernel/exit.c
+++ b/kernel/exit.c
@@ -126,6 +126,12 @@ static void __exit_signal(struct task_struct *tsk)
 
 	__unhash_process(tsk);
 
+	/*
+	 * Do this under ->siglock, we can race with another thread
+	 * doing sigqueue_free() if we have SIGQUEUE_PREALLOC signals.
+	 */
+	flush_sigqueue(&tsk->pending);
+
 	tsk->signal = NULL;
 	tsk->sighand = NULL;
 	spin_unlock(&sighand->siglock);
@@ -133,7 +139,6 @@ static void __exit_signal(struct task_struct *tsk)
 
 	__cleanup_sighand(sighand);
 	clear_tsk_thread_flag(tsk,TIF_SIGPENDING);
-	flush_sigqueue(&tsk->pending);
 	if (sig) {
 		flush_sigqueue(&sig->shared_pending);
 		taskstats_tgid_free(sig);
diff --git a/kernel/signal.c b/kernel/signal.c
index 72bb4f51f9634c448ad6eb4986d8ed7f35deb1f1..12ffea7c201dd4a027eb403651e3563716756ab2 100644
--- a/kernel/signal.c
+++ b/kernel/signal.c
@@ -1242,7 +1242,8 @@ void sigqueue_free(struct sigqueue *q)
 	/*
 	 * If the signal is still pending remove it from the
 	 * pending queue. We must hold ->siglock while testing
-	 * q->list to serialize with collect_signal().
+	 * q->list to serialize with collect_signal() or with
+	 * __exit_signal()->flush_sigqueue().
 	 */
 	spin_lock_irqsave(lock, flags);
 	if (!list_empty(&q->list))