diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index bde35bfafc82..6d7d58498f6f 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: d02479bdeb1c9b037892061cdcf4e730183391fa
+refs/heads/master: 834d216e1f804560bd1421c511ad168d7c24b01d
diff --git a/trunk/kernel/signal.c b/trunk/kernel/signal.c
index b27c01a66448..ad63109e413c 100644
--- a/trunk/kernel/signal.c
+++ b/trunk/kernel/signal.c
@@ -378,7 +378,7 @@ int dequeue_signal(struct task_struct *tsk, sigset_t *mask, siginfo_t *info)
 	/* We only dequeue private signals from ourselves, we don't let
 	 * signalfd steal them
 	 */
-	if (tsk == current)
+	if (likely(tsk == current))
 		signr = __dequeue_signal(&tsk->pending, mask, info);
 	if (!signr) {
 		signr = __dequeue_signal(&tsk->signal->shared_pending,
@@ -425,7 +425,7 @@ int dequeue_signal(struct task_struct *tsk, sigset_t *mask, siginfo_t *info)
 		if (!(tsk->signal->flags & SIGNAL_GROUP_EXIT))
 			tsk->signal->flags |= SIGNAL_STOP_DEQUEUED;
 	}
-	if ( signr &&
+	if (signr && likely(tsk == current) &&
 	     ((info->si_code & __SI_MASK) == __SI_TIMER) &&
 	     info->si_sys_private){
 		/*