diff --git a/mm/oom_kill.c b/mm/oom_kill.c
index 2f3916986abf..af981b645a69 100644
--- a/mm/oom_kill.c
+++ b/mm/oom_kill.c
@@ -333,7 +333,7 @@ static int oom_kill_task(struct task_struct *p)
 	 */
 	do_each_thread(g, q) {
 		if (q->mm == mm && q->tgid != p->tgid)
-			force_sig(SIGKILL, p);
+			force_sig(SIGKILL, q);
 	} while_each_thread(g, q);
 
 	return 0;