diff --git a/kernel/signal.c b/kernel/signal.c
index 2a7ae29..c620913 100644
--- a/kernel/signal.c
+++ b/kernel/signal.c
@@ -2996,7 +2996,8 @@
 	/* Not even root can pretend to send signals from the kernel.
 	 * Nor can they impersonate a kill()/tgkill(), which adds source info.
 	 */
-	if (info->si_code >= 0 || info->si_code == SI_TKILL) {
+	if ((info->si_code >= 0 || info->si_code == SI_TKILL) &&
+	    (task_pid_vnr(current) != pid)) {
 		/* We used to allow any < 0 si_code */
 		WARN_ON_ONCE(info->si_code < 0);
 		return -EPERM;
@@ -3045,7 +3046,8 @@
 	/* Not even root can pretend to send signals from the kernel.
 	 * Nor can they impersonate a kill()/tgkill(), which adds source info.
 	 */
-	if (info->si_code >= 0 || info->si_code == SI_TKILL) {
+	if (((info->si_code >= 0 || info->si_code == SI_TKILL)) &&
+	    (task_pid_vnr(current) != pid)) {
 		/* We used to allow any < 0 si_code */
 		WARN_ON_ONCE(info->si_code < 0);
 		return -EPERM;