diff --git a/kernel/signal.c b/kernel/signal.c
index a3229ad..13d2505 100644
--- a/kernel/signal.c
+++ b/kernel/signal.c
@@ -425,22 +425,10 @@ __sigqueue_alloc(int sig, struct task_struct *t, gfp_t gfp_flags,
 	 */
 	rcu_read_lock();
 	ucounts = task_ucounts(t);
-	sigpending = inc_rlimit_ucounts(ucounts, UCOUNT_RLIMIT_SIGPENDING, 1);
-	switch (sigpending) {
-	case 1:
-		if (likely(get_ucounts(ucounts)))
-			break;
-		fallthrough;
-	case LONG_MAX:
-		/*
-		 * we need to decrease the ucount in the userns tree on any
-		 * failure to avoid counts leaking.
-		 */
-		dec_rlimit_ucounts(ucounts, UCOUNT_RLIMIT_SIGPENDING, 1);
-		rcu_read_unlock();
-		return NULL;
-	}
+	sigpending = inc_rlimit_get_ucounts(ucounts, UCOUNT_RLIMIT_SIGPENDING);
 	rcu_read_unlock();
+	if (!sigpending)
+		return NULL;
 
 	if (override_rlimit || likely(sigpending <= task_rlimit(t, RLIMIT_SIGPENDING))) {
 		q = kmem_cache_alloc(sigqueue_cachep, gfp_flags);
@@ -449,8 +437,7 @@ __sigqueue_alloc(int sig, struct task_struct *t, gfp_t gfp_flags,
 	}
 
 	if (unlikely(q == NULL)) {
-		if (dec_rlimit_ucounts(ucounts, UCOUNT_RLIMIT_SIGPENDING, 1))
-			put_ucounts(ucounts);
+		dec_rlimit_put_ucounts(ucounts, UCOUNT_RLIMIT_SIGPENDING);
 	} else {
 		INIT_LIST_HEAD(&q->list);
 		q->flags = sigqueue_flags;
@@ -463,8 +450,8 @@ static void __sigqueue_free(struct sigqueue *q)
 {
 	if (q->flags & SIGQUEUE_PREALLOC)
 		return;
-	if (q->ucounts && dec_rlimit_ucounts(q->ucounts, UCOUNT_RLIMIT_SIGPENDING, 1)) {
-		put_ucounts(q->ucounts);
+	if (q->ucounts) {
+		dec_rlimit_put_ucounts(q->ucounts, UCOUNT_RLIMIT_SIGPENDING);
 		q->ucounts = NULL;
 	}
 	kmem_cache_free(sigqueue_cachep, q);