diff --git a/kernel/fork.c b/kernel/fork.c
index 8fbed7194af1f7c70f3e1592901d61dcc98853a6..103d78fd8f753c8fcc923ecd0cbf8b0c619712ec 100644
--- a/kernel/fork.c
+++ b/kernel/fork.c
@@ -1490,7 +1490,7 @@ static struct task_struct *copy_process(unsigned long clone_flags,
 		pid = alloc_pid(p->nsproxy->pid_ns_for_children);
 		if (IS_ERR(pid)) {
 			retval = PTR_ERR(pid);
-			goto bad_fork_cleanup_io;
+			goto bad_fork_cleanup_thread;
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -1652,6 +1652,8 @@ static struct task_struct *copy_process(unsigned long clone_flags,
 bad_fork_free_pid:
 	if (pid != &init_struct_pid)
 		free_pid(pid);
+bad_fork_cleanup_thread:
+	exit_thread(p);
 bad_fork_cleanup_io:
 	if (p->io_context)
 		exit_io_context(p);