diff --git a/drivers/char/tty_audit.c b/drivers/char/tty_audit.c
index 1b8ee59..f64582b 100644
--- a/drivers/char/tty_audit.c
+++ b/drivers/char/tty_audit.c
@@ -188,25 +188,43 @@
 }
 
 /**
- *	tty_audit_push_task	-	Flush task's pending audit data
+ * tty_audit_push_task	-	Flush task's pending audit data
+ * @tsk:		task pointer
+ * @loginuid:		sender login uid
+ * @sessionid:		sender session id
+ *
+ * Called with a ref on @tsk held. Try to lock sighand and get a
+ * reference to the tty audit buffer if available.
+ * Flush the buffer or return an appropriate error code.
  */
-void tty_audit_push_task(struct task_struct *tsk, uid_t loginuid, u32 sessionid)
+int tty_audit_push_task(struct task_struct *tsk, uid_t loginuid, u32 sessionid)
 {
-	struct tty_audit_buf *buf;
+	struct tty_audit_buf *buf = ERR_PTR(-EPERM);
+	unsigned long flags;
 
-	spin_lock_irq(&tsk->sighand->siglock);
-	buf = tsk->signal->tty_audit_buf;
-	if (buf)
-		atomic_inc(&buf->count);
-	spin_unlock_irq(&tsk->sighand->siglock);
-	if (!buf)
-		return;
+	if (!lock_task_sighand(tsk, &flags))
+		return -ESRCH;
+
+	if (tsk->signal->audit_tty) {
+		buf = tsk->signal->tty_audit_buf;
+		if (buf)
+			atomic_inc(&buf->count);
+	}
+	unlock_task_sighand(tsk, &flags);
+
+	/*
+	 * Return 0 when signal->audit_tty set
+	 * but tsk->signal->tty_audit_buf == NULL.
+	 */
+	if (!buf || IS_ERR(buf))
+		return PTR_ERR(buf);
 
 	mutex_lock(&buf->mutex);
 	tty_audit_buf_push(tsk, loginuid, sessionid, buf);
 	mutex_unlock(&buf->mutex);
 
 	tty_audit_buf_put(buf);
+	return 0;
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/include/linux/tty.h b/include/linux/tty.h
index e500171..2a75474 100644
--- a/include/linux/tty.h
+++ b/include/linux/tty.h
@@ -541,8 +541,8 @@
 extern void tty_audit_fork(struct signal_struct *sig);
 extern void tty_audit_tiocsti(struct tty_struct *tty, char ch);
 extern void tty_audit_push(struct tty_struct *tty);
-extern void tty_audit_push_task(struct task_struct *tsk,
-					uid_t loginuid, u32 sessionid);
+extern int tty_audit_push_task(struct task_struct *tsk,
+			       uid_t loginuid, u32 sessionid);
 #else
 static inline void tty_audit_add_data(struct tty_struct *tty,
 				      unsigned char *data, size_t size)
@@ -560,9 +560,10 @@
 static inline void tty_audit_push(struct tty_struct *tty)
 {
 }
-static inline void tty_audit_push_task(struct task_struct *tsk,
-					uid_t loginuid, u32 sessionid)
+static inline int tty_audit_push_task(struct task_struct *tsk,
+				      uid_t loginuid, u32 sessionid)
 {
+	return 0;
 }
 #endif
 
diff --git a/kernel/audit.c b/kernel/audit.c
index a300931..8429afe 100644
--- a/kernel/audit.c
+++ b/kernel/audit.c
@@ -467,23 +467,16 @@
 	struct task_struct *tsk;
 	int err;
 
-	read_lock(&tasklist_lock);
+	rcu_read_lock();
 	tsk = find_task_by_vpid(pid);
-	err = -ESRCH;
-	if (!tsk)
-		goto out;
-	err = 0;
-
-	spin_lock_irq(&tsk->sighand->siglock);
-	if (!tsk->signal->audit_tty)
-		err = -EPERM;
-	spin_unlock_irq(&tsk->sighand->siglock);
-	if (err)
-		goto out;
-
-	tty_audit_push_task(tsk, loginuid, sessionid);
-out:
-	read_unlock(&tasklist_lock);
+	if (!tsk) {
+		rcu_read_unlock();
+		return -ESRCH;
+	}
+	get_task_struct(tsk);
+	rcu_read_unlock();
+	err = tty_audit_push_task(tsk, loginuid, sessionid);
+	put_task_struct(tsk);
 	return err;
 }