diff --git a/kernel/cred.c b/kernel/cred.c
index 9a3e226..6a1aa00 100644
--- a/kernel/cred.c
+++ b/kernel/cred.c
@@ -325,7 +325,7 @@
 
 /*
  * Prepare credentials for current to perform an execve()
- * - The caller must hold current->cred_guard_mutex
+ * - The caller must hold ->cred_guard_mutex
  */
 struct cred *prepare_exec_creds(void)
 {
@@ -384,8 +384,6 @@
 	struct cred *new;
 	int ret;
 
-	mutex_init(&p->cred_guard_mutex);
-
 	if (
 #ifdef CONFIG_KEYS
 		!p->cred->thread_keyring &&
diff --git a/kernel/fork.c b/kernel/fork.c
index e87aaaa..3b159c5 100644
--- a/kernel/fork.c
+++ b/kernel/fork.c
@@ -908,6 +908,8 @@
 	sig->oom_adj = current->signal->oom_adj;
 	sig->oom_score_adj = current->signal->oom_score_adj;
 
+	mutex_init(&sig->cred_guard_mutex);
+
 	return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/kernel/ptrace.c b/kernel/ptrace.c
index ea7ce02..99bbaa3 100644
--- a/kernel/ptrace.c
+++ b/kernel/ptrace.c
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@
 	 * under ptrace.
 	 */
 	retval = -ERESTARTNOINTR;
-	if (mutex_lock_interruptible(&task->cred_guard_mutex))
+	if (mutex_lock_interruptible(&task->signal->cred_guard_mutex))
 		goto out;
 
 	task_lock(task);
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@
 unlock_tasklist:
 	write_unlock_irq(&tasklist_lock);
 unlock_creds:
-	mutex_unlock(&task->cred_guard_mutex);
+	mutex_unlock(&task->signal->cred_guard_mutex);
 out:
 	return retval;
 }