diff --git a/kernel/fork.c b/kernel/fork.c
index 017fb23d5983dc8eca06220ae9d81e9e37e0a4b9..2254fbf23567c1e79d60556e4c970855337f8270 100644
--- a/kernel/fork.c
+++ b/kernel/fork.c
@@ -787,9 +787,6 @@ void mm_release(struct task_struct *tsk, struct mm_struct *mm)
 	/* Get rid of any cached register state */
 	deactivate_mm(tsk, mm);
 
-	if (tsk->vfork_done)
-		complete_vfork_done(tsk);
-
 	/*
 	 * If we're exiting normally, clear a user-space tid field if
 	 * requested.  We leave this alone when dying by signal, to leave
@@ -810,6 +807,13 @@ void mm_release(struct task_struct *tsk, struct mm_struct *mm)
 		}
 		tsk->clear_child_tid = NULL;
 	}
+
+	/*
+	 * All done, finally we can wake up parent and return this mm to him.
+	 * Also kthread_stop() uses this completion for synchronization.
+	 */
+	if (tsk->vfork_done)
+		complete_vfork_done(tsk);
 }
 
 /*