diff --git a/fs/coredump.c b/fs/coredump.c
index 0864941a879b..fee1c57aee89 100644
--- a/fs/coredump.c
+++ b/fs/coredump.c
@@ -353,7 +353,7 @@ static int zap_process(struct task_struct *start, int exit_code)
 	int nr = 0;
 
 	/* ignore all signals except SIGKILL, see prepare_signal() */
-	start->signal->flags = SIGNAL_GROUP_EXIT | SIGNAL_GROUP_COREDUMP;
+	start->signal->flags = SIGNAL_GROUP_EXIT;
 	start->signal->group_exit_code = exit_code;
 	start->signal->group_stop_count = 0;
 
@@ -427,7 +427,6 @@ static void coredump_finish(bool core_dumped)
 	if (core_dumped && !__fatal_signal_pending(current))
 		current->signal->group_exit_code |= 0x80;
 	current->signal->group_exit_task = NULL;
-	current->signal->flags = SIGNAL_GROUP_EXIT;
 	next = current->signal->core_state->dumper.next;
 	current->signal->core_state = NULL;
 	spin_unlock_irq(&current->sighand->siglock);
diff --git a/include/linux/sched/signal.h b/include/linux/sched/signal.h
index fa26d2a58413..ecc10e148799 100644
--- a/include/linux/sched/signal.h
+++ b/include/linux/sched/signal.h
@@ -256,7 +256,6 @@ struct signal_struct {
 #define SIGNAL_STOP_STOPPED	0x00000001 /* job control stop in effect */
 #define SIGNAL_STOP_CONTINUED	0x00000002 /* SIGCONT since WCONTINUED reap */
 #define SIGNAL_GROUP_EXIT	0x00000004 /* group exit in progress */
-#define SIGNAL_GROUP_COREDUMP	0x00000008 /* coredump in progress */
 /*
  * Pending notifications to parent.
  */
@@ -272,7 +271,7 @@ struct signal_struct {
 static inline void signal_set_stop_flags(struct signal_struct *sig,
 					 unsigned int flags)
 {
-	WARN_ON(sig->flags & (SIGNAL_GROUP_EXIT|SIGNAL_GROUP_COREDUMP));
+	WARN_ON(sig->flags & SIGNAL_GROUP_EXIT);
 	sig->flags = (sig->flags & ~SIGNAL_STOP_MASK) | flags;
 }
 
diff --git a/kernel/signal.c b/kernel/signal.c
index 0706c1345a71..bae231bc2f4a 100644
--- a/kernel/signal.c
+++ b/kernel/signal.c
@@ -906,7 +906,7 @@ static bool prepare_signal(int sig, struct task_struct *p, bool force)
 	struct task_struct *t;
 	sigset_t flush;
 
-	if ((signal->flags & SIGNAL_GROUP_EXIT) || signal->core_state) {
+	if (signal->flags & SIGNAL_GROUP_EXIT) {
 		if (signal->core_state)
 			return sig == SIGKILL;
 		/*