diff --git a/ipc/sem.c b/ipc/sem.c
index 6115146563f9..92842113c6a9 100644
--- a/ipc/sem.c
+++ b/ipc/sem.c
@@ -1941,7 +1941,7 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE4(semtimedop, int, semid, struct sembuf __user *, tsops,
 	queue.sleeper = current;
 
 sleep_again:
-	current->state = TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE;
+	__set_current_state(TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE);
 	sem_unlock(sma, locknum);
 	rcu_read_unlock();