diff --git a/kernel/signal.c b/kernel/signal.c
index c53f202da9da..041498ff835e 100644
--- a/kernel/signal.c
+++ b/kernel/signal.c
@@ -3962,11 +3962,7 @@ static void prepare_kill_siginfo(int sig, struct kernel_siginfo *info,
  */
 SYSCALL_DEFINE2(kill, pid_t, pid, int, sig)
 {
-	struct kernel_siginfo info;
-
-	prepare_kill_siginfo(sig, &info, PIDTYPE_TGID);
-
-	return kill_something_info(sig, &info, pid);
+	return kill_something_info(sig, SEND_SIG_NOINFO, pid);
 }
 
 /*