diff -Naur linux-2.5.59.orig/kernel/signal.c linux-2.5.59/kernel/signal.c
--- linux-2.5.59.orig/kernel/signal.c	2003-01-30 16:54:44.000000000 -0600
+++ linux-2.5.59/kernel/signal.c	2003-01-30 16:55:22.000000000 -0600
@@ -854,11 +854,13 @@
 
 	tmp = p->sig->curr_target;
 
-	if (!tmp || tmp->tgid != p->tgid)
+	if (!tmp || tmp->tgid != p->tgid) {
 		/* restart balancing at this thread */
 		p->sig->curr_target = p;
+		tmp = p;
+	}
 
-	else for (;;) {
+	for (;;) {
 		if (thread_group_empty(p))
 			BUG();
 		if (!tmp || tmp->tgid != p->tgid)