diff --git a/fs/cifs/connect.c b/fs/cifs/connect.c
index 8c4121da624e153fd91935b3f698c84bc1e9e889..ed22bffb3fcc52d39b20ca70ac27aa5a942bf904 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/connect.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/connect.c
@@ -2629,7 +2629,7 @@ cifs_put_tcp_session(struct TCP_Server_Info *server, int from_reconnect)
 
 	task = xchg(&server->tsk, NULL);
 	if (task)
-		force_sig(SIGKILL, task);
+		send_sig(SIGKILL, task, 1);
 }
 
 static struct TCP_Server_Info *