diff --git a/kernel/exit.c b/kernel/exit.c
index 1daa7f46bccdfb720c13ad504763aeae8bc54632..2cc69eb8db2a7dc673eb30bcd89c22bcb15adefe 100644
--- a/kernel/exit.c
+++ b/kernel/exit.c
@@ -1645,32 +1645,6 @@ notask:
 end:
 	__set_current_state(TASK_RUNNING);
 	remove_wait_queue(&current->signal->wait_chldexit, &wo->child_wait);
-
-	if (wo->wo_info) {
-		struct siginfo __user *infop = wo->wo_info;
-
-		if (retval > 0)
-			retval = 0;
-		else {
-			/*
-			 * For a WNOHANG return, clear out all the fields
-			 * we would set so the user can easily tell the
-			 * difference.
-			 */
-			if (!retval)
-				retval = put_user(0, &infop->si_signo);
-			if (!retval)
-				retval = put_user(0, &infop->si_errno);
-			if (!retval)
-				retval = put_user(0, &infop->si_code);
-			if (!retval)
-				retval = put_user(0, &infop->si_pid);
-			if (!retval)
-				retval = put_user(0, &infop->si_uid);
-			if (!retval)
-				retval = put_user(0, &infop->si_status);
-		}
-	}
 	return retval;
 }
 
@@ -1715,6 +1689,29 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE5(waitid, int, which, pid_t, upid, struct siginfo __user *,
 	wo.wo_stat	= NULL;
 	wo.wo_rusage	= ru;
 	ret = do_wait(&wo);
+
+	if (ret > 0) {
+		ret = 0;
+	} else if (infop) {
+		/*
+		 * For a WNOHANG return, clear out all the fields
+		 * we would set so the user can easily tell the
+		 * difference.
+		 */
+		if (!ret)
+			ret = put_user(0, &infop->si_signo);
+		if (!ret)
+			ret = put_user(0, &infop->si_errno);
+		if (!ret)
+			ret = put_user(0, &infop->si_code);
+		if (!ret)
+			ret = put_user(0, &infop->si_pid);
+		if (!ret)
+			ret = put_user(0, &infop->si_uid);
+		if (!ret)
+			ret = put_user(0, &infop->si_status);
+	}
+
 	put_pid(pid);
 
 	/* avoid REGPARM breakage on x86: */