diff --git a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_nl.c b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_nl.c
index e09f9cebbb2..abfaacaaf34 100644
--- a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_nl.c
+++ b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_nl.c
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ int drbd_khelper(struct drbd_conf *mdev, char *cmd)
 	dev_info(DEV, "helper command: %s %s %s\n", usermode_helper, cmd, mb);
 
 	drbd_bcast_ev_helper(mdev, cmd);
-	ret = call_usermodehelper(usermode_helper, argv, envp, 1);
+	ret = call_usermodehelper(usermode_helper, argv, envp, UMH_WAIT_PROC);
 	if (ret)
 		dev_warn(DEV, "helper command: %s %s %s exit code %u (0x%x)\n",
 				usermode_helper, cmd, mb,
diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8187se/r8180_core.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8187se/r8180_core.c
index e4ade550cfe..4fe52f6b003 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/rtl8187se/r8180_core.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8187se/r8180_core.c
@@ -4159,7 +4159,7 @@ void GPIOChangeRFWorkItemCallBack(struct work_struct *work)
 		argv[0] = RadioPowerPath;
 		argv[2] = NULL;
 
-		call_usermodehelper(RadioPowerPath, argv, envp, 1);
+		call_usermodehelper(RadioPowerPath, argv, envp, UMH_WAIT_PROC);
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtl8192e/rtl_dm.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtl8192e/rtl_dm.c
index a7fa9aad6f2..f026b7171f6 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtl8192e/rtl_dm.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtl8192e/rtl_dm.c
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ static void dm_check_ac_dc_power(struct net_device *dev)
 
 	if (priv->rtllib->state != RTLLIB_LINKED)
 		return;
-	call_usermodehelper(ac_dc_check_script_path, argv, envp, 1);
+	call_usermodehelper(ac_dc_check_script_path, argv, envp, UMH_WAIT_PROC);
 
 	return;
 };
@@ -2296,7 +2296,7 @@ void dm_CheckRfCtrlGPIO(void *data)
 
 		argv[0] = RadioPowerPath;
 		argv[2] = NULL;
-		call_usermodehelper(RadioPowerPath, argv, envp, 1);
+		call_usermodehelper(RadioPowerPath, argv, envp, UMH_WAIT_PROC);
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/video/uvesafb.c b/drivers/video/uvesafb.c
index 9db3de3a841..260cca7ddb4 100644
--- a/drivers/video/uvesafb.c
+++ b/drivers/video/uvesafb.c
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ static int uvesafb_helper_start(void)
 		NULL,
 	};
 
-	return call_usermodehelper(v86d_path, argv, envp, 1);
+	return call_usermodehelper(v86d_path, argv, envp, UMH_WAIT_PROC);
 }
 
 /*
diff --git a/security/tomoyo/load_policy.c b/security/tomoyo/load_policy.c
index 67975405140..078fac0bb4c 100644
--- a/security/tomoyo/load_policy.c
+++ b/security/tomoyo/load_policy.c
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ void tomoyo_load_policy(const char *filename)
 	envp[0] = "HOME=/";
 	envp[1] = "PATH=/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin";
 	envp[2] = NULL;
-	call_usermodehelper(argv[0], argv, envp, 1);
+	call_usermodehelper(argv[0], argv, envp, UMH_WAIT_PROC);
 	tomoyo_check_profile();
 }