diff --git a/kernel/signal.c b/kernel/signal.c
index e58a6c619824..3f94894d1253 100644
--- a/kernel/signal.c
+++ b/kernel/signal.c
@@ -1510,15 +1510,15 @@ int kill_pid_usb_asyncio(int sig, int errno, sigval_t addr,
 	unsigned long flags;
 	int ret = -EINVAL;
 
+	if (!valid_signal(sig))
+		return ret;
+
 	clear_siginfo(&info);
 	info.si_signo = sig;
 	info.si_errno = errno;
 	info.si_code = SI_ASYNCIO;
 	*((sigval_t *)&info.si_pid) = addr;
 
-	if (!valid_signal(sig))
-		return ret;
-
 	rcu_read_lock();
 	p = pid_task(pid, PIDTYPE_PID);
 	if (!p) {