diff --git a/kernel/signal.c b/kernel/signal.c
index 6b982f2cf524..73316568a69c 100644
--- a/kernel/signal.c
+++ b/kernel/signal.c
@@ -1175,11 +1175,12 @@ int kill_pid_info_as_uid(int sig, struct siginfo *info, struct pid *pid,
 	int ret = -EINVAL;
 	struct task_struct *p;
 	const struct cred *pcred;
+	unsigned long flags;
 
 	if (!valid_signal(sig))
 		return ret;
 
-	read_lock(&tasklist_lock);
+	rcu_read_lock();
 	p = pid_task(pid, PIDTYPE_PID);
 	if (!p) {
 		ret = -ESRCH;
@@ -1196,14 +1197,16 @@ int kill_pid_info_as_uid(int sig, struct siginfo *info, struct pid *pid,
 	ret = security_task_kill(p, info, sig, secid);
 	if (ret)
 		goto out_unlock;
-	if (sig && p->sighand) {
-		unsigned long flags;
-		spin_lock_irqsave(&p->sighand->siglock, flags);
-		ret = __send_signal(sig, info, p, 1, 0);
-		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&p->sighand->siglock, flags);
+
+	if (sig) {
+		if (lock_task_sighand(p, &flags)) {
+			ret = __send_signal(sig, info, p, 1, 0);
+			unlock_task_sighand(p, &flags);
+		} else
+			ret = -ESRCH;
 	}
 out_unlock:
-	read_unlock(&tasklist_lock);
+	rcu_read_unlock();
 	return ret;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kill_pid_info_as_uid);