diff --git a/kernel/fork.c b/kernel/fork.c
index bc0e96b78dfd4a518740cfadb569e80257848051..c777964c0662b34dc35b15df3b0cc58f82a0e86f 100644
--- a/kernel/fork.c
+++ b/kernel/fork.c
@@ -1080,15 +1080,6 @@ static int copy_signal(unsigned long clone_flags, struct task_struct *tsk)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static void copy_flags(unsigned long clone_flags, struct task_struct *p)
-{
-	unsigned long new_flags = p->flags;
-
-	new_flags &= ~(PF_SUPERPRIV | PF_WQ_WORKER);
-	new_flags |= PF_FORKNOEXEC;
-	p->flags = new_flags;
-}
-
 SYSCALL_DEFINE1(set_tid_address, int __user *, tidptr)
 {
 	current->clear_child_tid = tidptr;
@@ -1238,7 +1229,8 @@ static struct task_struct *copy_process(unsigned long clone_flags,
 		goto bad_fork_cleanup_count;
 
 	delayacct_tsk_init(p);	/* Must remain after dup_task_struct() */
-	copy_flags(clone_flags, p);
+	p->flags &= ~(PF_SUPERPRIV | PF_WQ_WORKER);
+	p->flags |= PF_FORKNOEXEC;
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&p->children);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&p->sibling);
 	rcu_copy_process(p);