diff --git a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_int.h b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_int.h
index 549c64df9708..035829435710 100644
--- a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_int.h
+++ b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_int.h
@@ -1972,7 +1972,7 @@ static inline void wake_ack_receiver(struct drbd_connection *connection)
 {
 	struct task_struct *task = connection->ack_receiver.task;
 	if (task && get_t_state(&connection->ack_receiver) == RUNNING)
-		force_sig(SIGXCPU, task);
+		send_sig(SIGXCPU, task, 1);
 }
 
 static inline void request_ping(struct drbd_connection *connection)
diff --git a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_main.c b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_main.c
index 714eb64fabfd..8597aefe027b 100644
--- a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_main.c
+++ b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_main.c
@@ -477,7 +477,7 @@ void _drbd_thread_stop(struct drbd_thread *thi, int restart, int wait)
 		smp_mb();
 		init_completion(&thi->stop);
 		if (thi->task != current)
-			force_sig(DRBD_SIGKILL, thi->task);
+			send_sig(DRBD_SIGKILL, thi->task, 1);
 	}
 
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&thi->t_lock, flags);
diff --git a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_nl.c b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_nl.c
index 1cb5a0b85fd9..638b3ba9b976 100644
--- a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_nl.c
+++ b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_nl.c
@@ -611,7 +611,7 @@ void conn_try_outdate_peer_async(struct drbd_connection *connection)
 	struct task_struct *opa;
 
 	kref_get(&connection->kref);
-	/* We may just have force_sig()'ed this thread
+	/* We may have just sent a signal to this thread
 	 * to get it out of some blocking network function.
 	 * Clear signals; otherwise kthread_run(), which internally uses
 	 * wait_on_completion_killable(), will mistake our pending signal