diff --git a/fs/fcntl.c b/fs/fcntl.c
index c1708066bf55d4a65e91a6d06391a01163caec67..3e7ab16ed154733726d4eba9ddeae0ffdd970e9a 100644
--- a/fs/fcntl.c
+++ b/fs/fcntl.c
@@ -437,7 +437,7 @@ static void send_sigio_to_task(struct task_struct *p,
 			else
 				si.si_band = band_table[reason - POLL_IN];
 			si.si_fd    = fd;
-			if (!send_sig_info(fown->signum, &si, p))
+			if (!send_group_sig_info(fown->signum, &si, p))
 				break;
 		/* fall-through: fall back on the old plain SIGIO signal */
 		case 0: