diff --git a/kernel/signal.c b/kernel/signal.c
index 99837647c49a..fa88d5ca566b 100644
--- a/kernel/signal.c
+++ b/kernel/signal.c
@@ -3289,7 +3289,6 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE2(kill, pid_t, pid, int, sig)
 	return kill_something_info(sig, &info, pid);
 }
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_PROC_FS
 /*
  * Verify that the signaler and signalee either are in the same pid namespace
  * or that the signaler's pid namespace is an ancestor of the signalee's pid
@@ -3326,6 +3325,14 @@ static int copy_siginfo_from_user_any(siginfo_t *kinfo, siginfo_t __user *info)
 	return copy_from_user(kinfo, info, sizeof(siginfo_t));
 }
 
+static struct pid *pidfd_to_pid(const struct file *file)
+{
+	if (file->f_op == &pidfd_fops)
+		return file->private_data;
+
+	return tgid_pidfd_to_pid(file);
+}
+
 /**
  * sys_pidfd_send_signal - send a signal to a process through a task file
  *                          descriptor
@@ -3362,7 +3369,7 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE4(pidfd_send_signal, int, pidfd, int, sig,
 		return -EBADF;
 
 	/* Is this a pidfd? */
-	pid = tgid_pidfd_to_pid(f.file);
+	pid = pidfd_to_pid(f.file);
 	if (IS_ERR(pid)) {
 		ret = PTR_ERR(pid);
 		goto err;
@@ -3396,7 +3403,6 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE4(pidfd_send_signal, int, pidfd, int, sig,
 	fdput(f);
 	return ret;
 }
-#endif /* CONFIG_PROC_FS */
 
 static int
 do_send_specific(pid_t tgid, pid_t pid, int sig, struct siginfo *info)
diff --git a/kernel/sys_ni.c b/kernel/sys_ni.c
index e0af0a166bac..70423834f116 100644
--- a/kernel/sys_ni.c
+++ b/kernel/sys_ni.c
@@ -162,9 +162,6 @@ COND_SYSCALL(syslog);
 
 /* kernel/sched/core.c */
 
-/* kernel/signal.c */
-COND_SYSCALL(pidfd_send_signal);
-
 /* kernel/sys.c */
 COND_SYSCALL(setregid);
 COND_SYSCALL(setgid);