diff --git a/kernel/signal.c b/kernel/signal.c
index 324eff5468ad..1186cf7fac77 100644
--- a/kernel/signal.c
+++ b/kernel/signal.c
@@ -2437,7 +2437,7 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE3(rt_sigqueueinfo, pid_t, pid, int, sig,
 	/* Not even root can pretend to send signals from the kernel.
 	 * Nor can they impersonate a kill()/tgkill(), which adds source info.
 	 */
-	if (info.si_code != SI_QUEUE) {
+	if (info.si_code >= 0 || info.si_code == SI_TKILL) {
 		/* We used to allow any < 0 si_code */
 		WARN_ON_ONCE(info.si_code < 0);
 		return -EPERM;
@@ -2457,7 +2457,7 @@ long do_rt_tgsigqueueinfo(pid_t tgid, pid_t pid, int sig, siginfo_t *info)
 	/* Not even root can pretend to send signals from the kernel.
 	 * Nor can they impersonate a kill()/tgkill(), which adds source info.
 	 */
-	if (info->si_code != SI_QUEUE) {
+	if (info->si_code >= 0 || info->si_code == SI_TKILL) {
 		/* We used to allow any < 0 si_code */
 		WARN_ON_ONCE(info->si_code < 0);
 		return -EPERM;