1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/fork.c b/kernel/fork.c
index 48cafe787b75..5650e35dda43 100644
--- a/kernel/fork.c
+++ b/kernel/fork.c
@@ -359,8 +359,12 @@ static inline void free_signal_struct(struct signal_struct *sig)
 {
 	taskstats_tgid_free(sig);
 	sched_autogroup_exit(sig);
+	/*
+	 * __mmdrop is not safe to call from softirq context on x86 due to
+	 * pgd_dtor so postpone it to the async context
+	 */
 	if (sig->oom_mm)
-		mmdrop(sig->oom_mm);
+		mmdrop_async(sig->oom_mm);
 	kmem_cache_free(signal_cachep, sig);
 }