diff --git a/kernel/exit.c b/kernel/exit.c
index f2cd53e92147..cf28528842bc 100644
--- a/kernel/exit.c
+++ b/kernel/exit.c
@@ -1610,6 +1610,9 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE5(waitid, int, which, pid_t, upid, struct siginfo __user *,
 	if (!infop)
 		return err;
 
+	if (!access_ok(VERIFY_WRITE, infop, sizeof(*infop)))
+		goto Efault;
+
 	user_access_begin();
 	unsafe_put_user(signo, &infop->si_signo, Efault);
 	unsafe_put_user(0, &infop->si_errno, Efault);
@@ -1735,6 +1738,9 @@ COMPAT_SYSCALL_DEFINE5(waitid,
 	if (!infop)
 		return err;
 
+	if (!access_ok(VERIFY_WRITE, infop, sizeof(*infop)))
+		goto Efault;
+
 	user_access_begin();
 	unsafe_put_user(signo, &infop->si_signo, Efault);
 	unsafe_put_user(0, &infop->si_errno, Efault);