diff --git a/kernel/fork.c b/kernel/fork.c
index b6f2475f1e83..067244495966 100644
--- a/kernel/fork.c
+++ b/kernel/fork.c
@@ -1317,7 +1317,7 @@ static struct task_struct *copy_process(unsigned long clone_flags,
 	}
 bad_fork_cleanup_signal:
 	if (!(clone_flags & CLONE_THREAD))
-		free_signal_struct(p->signal);
+		put_signal_struct(p->signal);
 bad_fork_cleanup_sighand:
 	__cleanup_sighand(p->sighand);
 bad_fork_cleanup_fs: