diff --git a/mm/memory-failure.c b/mm/memory-failure.c
index 066133d2248f..b7b85d45e744 100644
--- a/mm/memory-failure.c
+++ b/mm/memory-failure.c
@@ -363,7 +363,8 @@ static void kill_procs(struct list_head *to_kill, int forcekill, int trapno,
 				printk(KERN_ERR
 		"MCE %#lx: forcibly killing %s:%d because of failure to unmap corrupted page\n",
 					pfn, tk->tsk->comm, tk->tsk->pid);
-				force_sig(SIGKILL, tk->tsk);
+				do_send_sig_info(SIGKILL, SEND_SIG_PRIV,
+						 tk->tsk, PIDTYPE_PID);
 			}
 
 			/*