diff --git a/include/linux/usermode_driver.h b/include/linux/usermode_driver.h
index 073a9e0ec07d..ad970416260d 100644
--- a/include/linux/usermode_driver.h
+++ b/include/linux/usermode_driver.h
@@ -14,5 +14,6 @@ struct umd_info {
 int umd_load_blob(struct umd_info *info, const void *data, size_t len);
 int umd_unload_blob(struct umd_info *info);
 int fork_usermode_driver(struct umd_info *info);
+void umd_cleanup_helper(struct umd_info *info);
 
 #endif /* __LINUX_USERMODE_DRIVER_H__ */
diff --git a/kernel/bpf/preload/bpf_preload_kern.c b/kernel/bpf/preload/bpf_preload_kern.c
index 79c5772465f1..53736e52c1df 100644
--- a/kernel/bpf/preload/bpf_preload_kern.c
+++ b/kernel/bpf/preload/bpf_preload_kern.c
@@ -60,9 +60,12 @@ static int finish(void)
 			 &magic, sizeof(magic), &pos);
 	if (n != sizeof(magic))
 		return -EPIPE;
+
 	tgid = umd_ops.info.tgid;
-	wait_event(tgid->wait_pidfd, thread_group_exited(tgid));
-	umd_ops.info.tgid = NULL;
+	if (tgid) {
+		wait_event(tgid->wait_pidfd, thread_group_exited(tgid));
+		umd_cleanup_helper(&umd_ops.info);
+	}
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -80,10 +83,18 @@ static int __init load_umd(void)
 
 static void __exit fini_umd(void)
 {
+	struct pid *tgid;
+
 	bpf_preload_ops = NULL;
+
 	/* kill UMD in case it's still there due to earlier error */
-	kill_pid(umd_ops.info.tgid, SIGKILL, 1);
-	umd_ops.info.tgid = NULL;
+	tgid = umd_ops.info.tgid;
+	if (tgid) {
+		kill_pid(tgid, SIGKILL, 1);
+
+		wait_event(tgid->wait_pidfd, thread_group_exited(tgid));
+		umd_cleanup_helper(&umd_ops.info);
+	}
 	umd_unload_blob(&umd_ops.info);
 }
 late_initcall(load_umd);
diff --git a/kernel/usermode_driver.c b/kernel/usermode_driver.c
index 0b35212ffc3d..bb7bb3b478ab 100644
--- a/kernel/usermode_driver.c
+++ b/kernel/usermode_driver.c
@@ -139,14 +139,23 @@ static void umd_cleanup(struct subprocess_info *info)
 	struct umd_info *umd_info = info->data;
 
 	/* cleanup if umh_setup() was successful but exec failed */
-	if (info->retval) {
-		fput(umd_info->pipe_to_umh);
-		fput(umd_info->pipe_from_umh);
-		put_pid(umd_info->tgid);
-		umd_info->tgid = NULL;
-	}
+	if (info->retval)
+		umd_cleanup_helper(umd_info);
 }
 
+/**
+ * umd_cleanup_helper - release the resources which were allocated in umd_setup
+ * @info: information about usermode driver
+ */
+void umd_cleanup_helper(struct umd_info *info)
+{
+	fput(info->pipe_to_umh);
+	fput(info->pipe_from_umh);
+	put_pid(info->tgid);
+	info->tgid = NULL;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(umd_cleanup_helper);
+
 /**
  * fork_usermode_driver - fork a usermode driver
  * @info: information about usermode driver (shouldn't be NULL)