diff --git a/fs/exec.c b/fs/exec.c
index 2255dc7..955a8eb 100644
--- a/fs/exec.c
+++ b/fs/exec.c
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@
 #include <linux/tsacct_kern.h>
 #include <linux/cn_proc.h>
 #include <linux/audit.h>
+#include <linux/signalfd.h>
 
 #include <asm/uaccess.h>
 #include <asm/mmu_context.h>
@@ -582,6 +583,13 @@
 	int count;
 
 	/*
+	 * Tell all the sighand listeners that this sighand has
+	 * been detached. The signalfd_detach() function grabs the
+	 * sighand lock, if signal listeners are present on the sighand.
+	 */
+	signalfd_detach(tsk);
+
+	/*
 	 * If we don't share sighandlers, then we aren't sharing anything
 	 * and we can just re-use it all.
 	 */
@@ -757,8 +765,7 @@
 		spin_unlock(&oldsighand->siglock);
 		write_unlock_irq(&tasklist_lock);
 
-		if (atomic_dec_and_test(&oldsighand->count))
-			kmem_cache_free(sighand_cachep, oldsighand);
+		__cleanup_sighand(oldsighand);
 	}
 
 	BUG_ON(!thread_group_leader(tsk));