diff --git a/kernel/exit.c b/kernel/exit.c
index ffba5df4abd54c..f20e6339761b3f 100644
--- a/kernel/exit.c
+++ b/kernel/exit.c
@@ -1608,6 +1608,10 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE4(wait4, pid_t, upid, int __user *, stat_addr,
 			__WNOTHREAD|__WCLONE|__WALL))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
+	/* -INT_MIN is not defined */
+	if (upid == INT_MIN)
+		return -ESRCH;
+
 	if (upid == -1)
 		type = PIDTYPE_MAX;
 	else if (upid < 0) {