diff --git a/kernel/signal.c b/kernel/signal.c
index 241d54958bbb..b9e5d825ee46 100644
--- a/kernel/signal.c
+++ b/kernel/signal.c
@@ -3688,6 +3688,7 @@ void __init signals_init(void)
 	/* If this check fails, the __ARCH_SI_PREAMBLE_SIZE value is wrong! */
 	BUILD_BUG_ON(__ARCH_SI_PREAMBLE_SIZE
 		!= offsetof(struct siginfo, _sifields._pad));
+	BUILD_BUG_ON(sizeof(struct siginfo) != SI_MAX_SIZE);
 
 	sigqueue_cachep = KMEM_CACHE(sigqueue, SLAB_PANIC);
 }