diff --git a/include/linux/taskstats_kern.h b/include/linux/taskstats_kern.h
index 16894b7edcc..a437ca0d226 100644
--- a/include/linux/taskstats_kern.h
+++ b/include/linux/taskstats_kern.h
@@ -49,17 +49,8 @@ static inline void taskstats_tgid_alloc(struct signal_struct *sig)
 
 static inline void taskstats_tgid_free(struct signal_struct *sig)
 {
-	struct taskstats *stats = NULL;
-	unsigned long flags;
-
-	spin_lock_irqsave(&sig->stats_lock, flags);
-	if (sig->stats) {
-		stats = sig->stats;
-		sig->stats = NULL;
-	}
-	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&sig->stats_lock, flags);
-	if (stats)
-		kmem_cache_free(taskstats_cache, stats);
+	if (sig->stats)
+		kmem_cache_free(taskstats_cache, sig->stats);
 }
 
 extern void taskstats_exit_alloc(struct taskstats **, unsigned int *);
diff --git a/kernel/exit.c b/kernel/exit.c
index f250a5e3e28..06de6c4e8ca 100644
--- a/kernel/exit.c
+++ b/kernel/exit.c
@@ -128,6 +128,7 @@ static void __exit_signal(struct task_struct *tsk)
 	flush_sigqueue(&tsk->pending);
 	if (sig) {
 		flush_sigqueue(&sig->shared_pending);
+		taskstats_tgid_free(sig);
 		__cleanup_signal(sig);
 	}
 }
diff --git a/kernel/fork.c b/kernel/fork.c
index 29ebb30850e..213326609ba 100644
--- a/kernel/fork.c
+++ b/kernel/fork.c
@@ -897,7 +897,6 @@ static inline int copy_signal(unsigned long clone_flags, struct task_struct * ts
 void __cleanup_signal(struct signal_struct *sig)
 {
 	exit_thread_group_keys(sig);
-	taskstats_tgid_free(sig);
 	kmem_cache_free(signal_cachep, sig);
 }