diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 18d02e9e4af6..dc43c448a9fe 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 08d2c30ce98d274137f12b0a9b9c74137455922c
+refs/heads/master: db51aeccd7097ce19a522a4c5ff91c320f870e2b
diff --git a/trunk/kernel/fork.c b/trunk/kernel/fork.c
index 068ffe007529..2bb675af4de3 100644
--- a/trunk/kernel/fork.c
+++ b/trunk/kernel/fork.c
@@ -892,7 +892,7 @@ static int copy_signal(unsigned long clone_flags, struct task_struct *tsk)
 	sig->group_exit_code = 0;
 	sig->group_exit_task = NULL;
 	sig->group_stop_count = 0;
-	sig->curr_target = NULL;
+	sig->curr_target = tsk;
 	init_sigpending(&sig->shared_pending);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&sig->posix_timers);
 
diff --git a/trunk/kernel/signal.c b/trunk/kernel/signal.c
index 17859f0d8411..0298bd3d431b 100644
--- a/trunk/kernel/signal.c
+++ b/trunk/kernel/signal.c
@@ -863,10 +863,6 @@ __group_complete_signal(int sig, struct task_struct *p)
 		 * Otherwise try to find a suitable thread.
 		 */
 		t = signal->curr_target;
-		if (t == NULL)
-			/* restart balancing at this thread */
-			t = signal->curr_target = p;
-
 		while (!wants_signal(sig, t)) {
 			t = next_thread(t);
 			if (t == signal->curr_target)