diff --git a/net/bpfilter/bpfilter_kern.c b/net/bpfilter/bpfilter_kern.c
index 7ee4fea93637..c0f0990f30b6 100644
--- a/net/bpfilter/bpfilter_kern.c
+++ b/net/bpfilter/bpfilter_kern.c
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ static void shutdown_umh(void)
 
 	tsk = get_pid_task(find_vpid(bpfilter_ops.info.pid), PIDTYPE_PID);
 	if (tsk) {
-		force_sig(SIGKILL, tsk);
+		send_sig(SIGKILL, tsk, 1);
 		put_task_struct(tsk);
 	}
 }