diff --git a/drivers/tty/sysrq.c b/drivers/tty/sysrq.c
index 6364890575ec..06ed20dd01ba 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/sysrq.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/sysrq.c
@@ -348,7 +348,7 @@ static void send_sig_all(int sig)
 		if (is_global_init(p))
 			continue;
 
-		do_send_sig_info(sig, SEND_SIG_FORCED, p, true);
+		do_send_sig_info(sig, SEND_SIG_FORCED, p, PIDTYPE_MAX);
 	}
 	read_unlock(&tasklist_lock);
 }
diff --git a/fs/fcntl.c b/fs/fcntl.c
index 5d596a00f40b..a04accf6847f 100644
--- a/fs/fcntl.c
+++ b/fs/fcntl.c
@@ -767,11 +767,11 @@ static void send_sigio_to_task(struct task_struct *p,
 			else
 				si.si_band = mangle_poll(band_table[reason - POLL_IN]);
 			si.si_fd    = fd;
-			if (!do_send_sig_info(signum, &si, p, type != PIDTYPE_PID))
+			if (!do_send_sig_info(signum, &si, p, type))
 				break;
 		/* fall-through: fall back on the old plain SIGIO signal */
 		case 0:
-			do_send_sig_info(SIGIO, SEND_SIG_PRIV, p, type != PIDTYPE_PID);
+			do_send_sig_info(SIGIO, SEND_SIG_PRIV, p, type);
 	}
 }
 
@@ -808,7 +808,7 @@ static void send_sigurg_to_task(struct task_struct *p,
 				struct fown_struct *fown, enum pid_type type)
 {
 	if (sigio_perm(p, fown, SIGURG))
-		do_send_sig_info(SIGURG, SEND_SIG_PRIV, p, type != PIDTYPE_PID);
+		do_send_sig_info(SIGURG, SEND_SIG_PRIV, p, type);
 }
 
 int send_sigurg(struct fown_struct *fown)
diff --git a/include/linux/signal.h b/include/linux/signal.h
index d8f2bf3d41e6..fe125b0335f7 100644
--- a/include/linux/signal.h
+++ b/include/linux/signal.h
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ enum pid_type;
 
 extern int next_signal(struct sigpending *pending, sigset_t *mask);
 extern int do_send_sig_info(int sig, struct siginfo *info,
-				struct task_struct *p, bool group);
+				struct task_struct *p, enum pid_type type);
 extern int group_send_sig_info(int sig, struct siginfo *info,
 			       struct task_struct *p, enum pid_type type);
 extern int __group_send_sig_info(int, struct siginfo *, struct task_struct *);
diff --git a/kernel/signal.c b/kernel/signal.c
index c7527338fe9d..2c09e6143dd8 100644
--- a/kernel/signal.c
+++ b/kernel/signal.c
@@ -1161,13 +1161,13 @@ specific_send_sig_info(int sig, struct siginfo *info, struct task_struct *t)
 }
 
 int do_send_sig_info(int sig, struct siginfo *info, struct task_struct *p,
-			bool group)
+			enum pid_type type)
 {
 	unsigned long flags;
 	int ret = -ESRCH;
 
 	if (lock_task_sighand(p, &flags)) {
-		ret = send_signal(sig, info, p, group);
+		ret = send_signal(sig, info, p, type != PIDTYPE_PID);
 		unlock_task_sighand(p, &flags);
 	}
 
@@ -1284,7 +1284,7 @@ int group_send_sig_info(int sig, struct siginfo *info, struct task_struct *p,
 	rcu_read_unlock();
 
 	if (!ret && sig)
-		ret = do_send_sig_info(sig, info, p, true);
+		ret = do_send_sig_info(sig, info, p, type);
 
 	return ret;
 }
@@ -1448,7 +1448,7 @@ int send_sig_info(int sig, struct siginfo *info, struct task_struct *p)
 	if (!valid_signal(sig))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	return do_send_sig_info(sig, info, p, false);
+	return do_send_sig_info(sig, info, p, PIDTYPE_PID);
 }
 
 #define __si_special(priv) \
@@ -3199,7 +3199,7 @@ do_send_specific(pid_t tgid, pid_t pid, int sig, struct siginfo *info)
 		 * probe.  No signal is actually delivered.
 		 */
 		if (!error && sig) {
-			error = do_send_sig_info(sig, info, p, false);
+			error = do_send_sig_info(sig, info, p, PIDTYPE_PID);
 			/*
 			 * If lock_task_sighand() failed we pretend the task
 			 * dies after receiving the signal. The window is tiny,
diff --git a/mm/oom_kill.c b/mm/oom_kill.c
index 84081e77bc51..2cc9b238368f 100644
--- a/mm/oom_kill.c
+++ b/mm/oom_kill.c
@@ -920,7 +920,7 @@ static void oom_kill_process(struct oom_control *oc, const char *message)
 	 * in order to prevent the OOM victim from depleting the memory
 	 * reserves from the user space under its control.
 	 */
-	do_send_sig_info(SIGKILL, SEND_SIG_FORCED, victim, true);
+	do_send_sig_info(SIGKILL, SEND_SIG_FORCED, victim, PIDTYPE_TGID);
 	mark_oom_victim(victim);
 	pr_err("Killed process %d (%s) total-vm:%lukB, anon-rss:%lukB, file-rss:%lukB, shmem-rss:%lukB\n",
 		task_pid_nr(victim), victim->comm, K(victim->mm->total_vm),
@@ -958,7 +958,7 @@ static void oom_kill_process(struct oom_control *oc, const char *message)
 		 */
 		if (unlikely(p->flags & PF_KTHREAD))
 			continue;
-		do_send_sig_info(SIGKILL, SEND_SIG_FORCED, p, true);
+		do_send_sig_info(SIGKILL, SEND_SIG_FORCED, p, PIDTYPE_TGID);
 	}
 	rcu_read_unlock();