diff --git a/sys/kern/kern_sig.c b/sys/kern/kern_sig.c
index 18756d53e98..ecfde7a549f 100644
--- a/sys/kern/kern_sig.c
+++ b/sys/kern/kern_sig.c
@@ -683,7 +683,7 @@ sigqueue_delete_set_proc(struct proc *p, const sigset_t *set)
 
 	PROC_LOCK_ASSERT(p, MA_OWNED);
 
-	sigqueue_init(&worklist, NULL);
+	sigqueue_init(&worklist, p);
 	sigqueue_move_set(&p->p_sigqueue, &worklist, set);
 
 	FOREACH_THREAD_IN_PROC(p, td0)