--- x/fs/fcntl.c
+++ y/fs/fcntl.c
@@ -807,11 +807,11 @@ void send_sigio(struct fown_struct *fown
 			send_sigio_to_task(p, fown, fd, band, type);
 		rcu_read_unlock();
 	} else {
-		read_lock(&tasklist_lock);
+		rcu_read_lock();
 		do_each_pid_task(pid, type, p) {
 			send_sigio_to_task(p, fown, fd, band, type);
 		} while_each_pid_task(pid, type, p);
-		read_unlock(&tasklist_lock);
+		rcu_read_unlock();
 	}
  out_unlock_fown:
 	read_unlock_irqrestore(&fown->lock, flags);