diff --git a/kernel/kmod.c b/kernel/kmod.c
index d38b2da..da98d05 100644
--- a/kernel/kmod.c
+++ b/kernel/kmod.c
@@ -265,15 +265,9 @@
 	do_exit(0);
 }
 
-/*
- * Handles UMH_WAIT_PROC. Our parent (unbound workqueue) might not be able to
- * run enough instances to handle usermodehelper completions without blocking
- * some other pending requests. That's why we use a kernel thread dedicated for
- * that purpose.
- */
-static int call_usermodehelper_exec_sync(void *data)
+/* Handles UMH_WAIT_PROC.  */
+static void call_usermodehelper_exec_sync(struct subprocess_info *sub_info)
 {
-	struct subprocess_info *sub_info = data;
 	pid_t pid;
 
 	/* If SIGCLD is ignored sys_wait4 won't populate the status. */
@@ -287,9 +281,9 @@
 		 * Normally it is bogus to call wait4() from in-kernel because
 		 * wait4() wants to write the exit code to a userspace address.
 		 * But call_usermodehelper_exec_sync() always runs as kernel
-		 * thread and put_user() to a kernel address works OK for kernel
-		 * threads, due to their having an mm_segment_t which spans the
-		 * entire address space.
+		 * thread (workqueue) and put_user() to a kernel address works
+		 * OK for kernel threads, due to their having an mm_segment_t
+		 * which spans the entire address space.
 		 *
 		 * Thus the __user pointer cast is valid here.
 		 */
@@ -304,19 +298,21 @@
 			sub_info->retval = ret;
 	}
 
+	/* Restore default kernel sig handler */
+	kernel_sigaction(SIGCHLD, SIG_IGN);
+
 	umh_complete(sub_info);
-	do_exit(0);
 }
 
 /*
- * This function doesn't strictly needs to be called asynchronously. But we
- * need to create the usermodehelper kernel threads from a task that is affine
+ * We need to create the usermodehelper kernel thread from a task that is affine
  * to an optimized set of CPUs (or nohz housekeeping ones) such that they
  * inherit a widest affinity irrespective of call_usermodehelper() callers with
  * possibly reduced affinity (eg: per-cpu workqueues). We don't want
  * usermodehelper targets to contend a busy CPU.
  *
- * Unbound workqueues provide such wide affinity.
+ * Unbound workqueues provide such wide affinity and allow to block on
+ * UMH_WAIT_PROC requests without blocking pending request (up to some limit).
  *
  * Besides, workqueues provide the privilege level that caller might not have
  * to perform the usermodehelper request.
@@ -326,18 +322,18 @@
 {
 	struct subprocess_info *sub_info =
 		container_of(work, struct subprocess_info, work);
-	pid_t pid;
 
-	if (sub_info->wait & UMH_WAIT_PROC)
-		pid = kernel_thread(call_usermodehelper_exec_sync, sub_info,
-				    CLONE_FS | CLONE_FILES | SIGCHLD);
-	else
+	if (sub_info->wait & UMH_WAIT_PROC) {
+		call_usermodehelper_exec_sync(sub_info);
+	} else {
+		pid_t pid;
+
 		pid = kernel_thread(call_usermodehelper_exec_async, sub_info,
 				    SIGCHLD);
-
-	if (pid < 0) {
-		sub_info->retval = pid;
-		umh_complete(sub_info);
+		if (pid < 0) {
+			sub_info->retval = pid;
+			umh_complete(sub_info);
+		}
 	}
 }