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diff --git a/ipc/sem.c b/ipc/sem.c
index e20658d76bb5..cd6a733011a2 100644
--- a/ipc/sem.c
+++ b/ipc/sem.c
@@ -2103,6 +2103,14 @@ static int sysvipc_sem_proc_show(struct seq_file *s, void *it)
struct sem_array *sma = it;
time_t sem_otime;
+ /*
+ * The proc interface isn't aware of sem_lock(), it calls
+ * ipc_lock_object() directly (in sysvipc_find_ipc).
+ * In order to stay compatible with sem_lock(), we must wait until
+ * all simple semop() calls have left their critical regions.
+ */
+ sem_wait_array(sma);
+
sem_otime = get_semotime(sma);
return seq_printf(s,
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