diff --git a/fs/fcntl.c b/fs/fcntl.c
index f9c03ca3b2f4..a040b764f8e3 100644
--- a/fs/fcntl.c
+++ b/fs/fcntl.c
@@ -428,14 +428,20 @@ static inline int sigio_perm(struct task_struct *p,
 }
 
 static void send_sigio_to_task(struct task_struct *p,
-			       struct fown_struct *fown, 
+			       struct fown_struct *fown,
 			       int fd,
 			       int reason)
 {
-	if (!sigio_perm(p, fown, fown->signum))
+	/*
+	 * F_SETSIG can change ->signum lockless in parallel, make
+	 * sure we read it once and use the same value throughout.
+	 */
+	int signum = ACCESS_ONCE(fown->signum);
+
+	if (!sigio_perm(p, fown, signum))
 		return;
 
-	switch (fown->signum) {
+	switch (signum) {
 		siginfo_t si;
 		default:
 			/* Queue a rt signal with the appropriate fd as its
@@ -444,7 +450,7 @@ static void send_sigio_to_task(struct task_struct *p,
 			   delivered even if we can't queue.  Failure to
 			   queue in this case _should_ be reported; we fall
 			   back to SIGIO in that case. --sct */
-			si.si_signo = fown->signum;
+			si.si_signo = signum;
 			si.si_errno = 0;
 		        si.si_code  = reason;
 			/* Make sure we are called with one of the POLL_*
@@ -456,7 +462,7 @@ static void send_sigio_to_task(struct task_struct *p,
 			else
 				si.si_band = band_table[reason - POLL_IN];
 			si.si_fd    = fd;
-			if (!group_send_sig_info(fown->signum, &si, p))
+			if (!group_send_sig_info(signum, &si, p))
 				break;
 		/* fall-through: fall back on the old plain SIGIO signal */
 		case 0: