diff --git a/kernel/futex.c b/kernel/futex.c
index 663ea2b..520e7b2 100644
--- a/kernel/futex.c
+++ b/kernel/futex.c
@@ -910,10 +910,18 @@ retry:
 		return -EDEADLK;
 
 	/*
-	 * Surprise - we got the lock. Just return to userspace:
+	 * Surprise - we got the lock, but we do not trust user space at all.
 	 */
-	if (unlikely(!curval))
-		return 1;
+	if (unlikely(!curval)) {
+		/*
+		 * We verify whether there is kernel state for this
+		 * futex. If not, we can safely assume, that the 0 ->
+		 * TID transition is correct. If state exists, we do
+		 * not bother to fixup the user space state as it was
+		 * corrupted already.
+		 */
+		return futex_top_waiter(hb, key) ? -EINVAL : 1;
+	}
 
 	uval = curval;