diff --git a/kernel/signal.c b/kernel/signal.c
index 8214ffad54bce..98923882ba572 100644
--- a/kernel/signal.c
+++ b/kernel/signal.c
@@ -1835,11 +1835,9 @@ int get_signal_to_deliver(siginfo_t *info, struct k_sigaction *return_ka,
 			continue;
 
 		/*
-		 * Init of a pid space gets no signals it doesn't want from
-		 * within that pid space. It can of course get signals from
-		 * its parent pid space.
+		 * Global init gets no signals it doesn't want.
 		 */
-		if (current == task_child_reaper(current))
+		if (is_global_init(current))
 			continue;
 
 		if (sig_kernel_stop(signr)) {