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diff --git a/kernel/exit.c b/kernel/exit.c
index 9e6e1356e6bb..0b40791b9e70 100644
--- a/kernel/exit.c
+++ b/kernel/exit.c
@@ -700,10 +700,14 @@ void do_exit(long code)
exit_signals(tsk); /* sets PF_EXITING */
/*
- * tsk->flags are checked in the futex code to protect against
- * an exiting task cleaning up the robust pi futexes.
+ * Ensure that all new tsk->pi_lock acquisitions must observe
+ * PF_EXITING. Serializes against futex.c:attach_to_pi_owner().
*/
smp_mb();
+ /*
+ * Ensure that we must observe the pi_state in exit_mm() ->
+ * mm_release() -> exit_pi_state_list().
+ */
raw_spin_unlock_wait(&tsk->pi_lock);
if (unlikely(in_atomic())) {