int kill_pid_info(int sig, struct siginfo *info, struct pid *pid)
 {
        int error;
-       int acquired_tasklist_lock = 0;
        struct task_struct *p;
 
        rcu_read_lock();
-       if (unlikely(sig_needs_tasklist(sig))) {
+       if (unlikely(sig_needs_tasklist(sig)))
                read_lock(&tasklist_lock);
-               acquired_tasklist_lock = 1;
-       }
+
        p = pid_task(pid, PIDTYPE_PID);
        error = -ESRCH;
        if (p)
                error = group_send_sig_info(sig, info, p);
-       if (unlikely(acquired_tasklist_lock))
+
+       if (unlikely(sig_needs_tasklist(sig)))
                read_unlock(&tasklist_lock);
        rcu_read_unlock();
        return error;