diff --git a/kernel/fork.c b/kernel/fork.c
index 0aff28c..12cdd9f 100644
--- a/kernel/fork.c
+++ b/kernel/fork.c
@@ -803,6 +803,16 @@
 	return 0;
 }
 
+void cleanup_sighand(struct task_struct *tsk)
+{
+	struct sighand_struct * sighand = tsk->sighand;
+
+	/* Ok, we're done with the signal handlers */
+	tsk->sighand = NULL;
+	if (atomic_dec_and_test(&sighand->count))
+		kmem_cache_free(sighand_cachep, sighand);
+}
+
 static inline int copy_signal(unsigned long clone_flags, struct task_struct * tsk)
 {
 	struct signal_struct *sig;
@@ -1224,7 +1234,7 @@
 bad_fork_cleanup_signal:
 	cleanup_signal(p);
 bad_fork_cleanup_sighand:
-	__exit_sighand(p);
+	cleanup_sighand(p);
 bad_fork_cleanup_fs:
 	exit_fs(p); /* blocking */
 bad_fork_cleanup_files: