diff --git a/fs/proc/array.c b/fs/proc/array.c
index 04b689f3288f975612301e8acc9c8ba6ded1b3ab..7a34571203bc46b335b2c03d52e48ef4fde9d4ea 100644
--- a/fs/proc/array.c
+++ b/fs/proc/array.c
@@ -146,8 +146,7 @@ static inline const char *get_task_state(struct task_struct *tsk)
 					    TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE |
 					    TASK_STOPPED |
 					    TASK_TRACED)) |
-			(tsk->exit_state & (EXIT_ZOMBIE |
-					    EXIT_DEAD));
+					   tsk->exit_state;
 	const char **p = &task_state_array[0];
 
 	while (state) {
diff --git a/kernel/fork.c b/kernel/fork.c
index a794bfcf60039fdf8a2354bcba5b8526dcd84788..240aa6601f5b51579d0b3d5e727ea47b6839c660 100644
--- a/kernel/fork.c
+++ b/kernel/fork.c
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(free_task);
 
 void __put_task_struct(struct task_struct *tsk)
 {
-	WARN_ON(!(tsk->exit_state & (EXIT_DEAD | EXIT_ZOMBIE)));
+	WARN_ON(!tsk->exit_state);
 	WARN_ON(atomic_read(&tsk->usage));
 	WARN_ON(tsk == current);
 
diff --git a/kernel/sched.c b/kernel/sched.c
index 72a809a54d5ba160e38e6ddb5e61597b601a9f18..9d458504e3a6dbefa38c12e2e1a9daacac2ce48e 100644
--- a/kernel/sched.c
+++ b/kernel/sched.c
@@ -5279,7 +5279,7 @@ static void migrate_dead(unsigned int dead_cpu, struct task_struct *p)
 	struct rq *rq = cpu_rq(dead_cpu);
 
 	/* Must be exiting, otherwise would be on tasklist. */
-	BUG_ON(p->exit_state != EXIT_ZOMBIE && p->exit_state != EXIT_DEAD);
+	BUG_ON(!p->exit_state);
 
 	/* Cannot have done final schedule yet: would have vanished. */
 	BUG_ON(p->state == TASK_DEAD);