diff --git a/kernel/fork.c b/kernel/fork.c
index 144326b..e6c04d4 100644
--- a/kernel/fork.c
+++ b/kernel/fork.c
@@ -815,11 +815,8 @@
 {
 	struct signal_struct *sig;
 
-	if (clone_flags & CLONE_THREAD) {
-		atomic_inc(&current->signal->count);
-		atomic_inc(&current->signal->live);
+	if (clone_flags & CLONE_THREAD)
 		return 0;
-	}
 
 	sig = kmem_cache_alloc(signal_cachep, GFP_KERNEL);
 	tsk->signal = sig;
@@ -877,16 +874,6 @@
 	kmem_cache_free(signal_cachep, sig);
 }
 
-static void cleanup_signal(struct task_struct *tsk)
-{
-	struct signal_struct *sig = tsk->signal;
-
-	atomic_dec(&sig->live);
-
-	if (atomic_dec_and_test(&sig->count))
-		__cleanup_signal(sig);
-}
-
 static void copy_flags(unsigned long clone_flags, struct task_struct *p)
 {
 	unsigned long new_flags = p->flags;
@@ -1239,6 +1226,8 @@
 	}
 
 	if (clone_flags & CLONE_THREAD) {
+		atomic_inc(&current->signal->count);
+		atomic_inc(&current->signal->live);
 		p->group_leader = current->group_leader;
 		list_add_tail_rcu(&p->thread_group, &p->group_leader->thread_group);
 	}
@@ -1282,7 +1271,8 @@
 	if (p->mm)
 		mmput(p->mm);
 bad_fork_cleanup_signal:
-	cleanup_signal(p);
+	if (!(clone_flags & CLONE_THREAD))
+		__cleanup_signal(p->signal);
 bad_fork_cleanup_sighand:
 	__cleanup_sighand(p->sighand);
 bad_fork_cleanup_fs: