diff --git a/kernel/ptrace.c b/kernel/ptrace.c
index 66a28bd71ef6c6e303b654eb0457ebfe26e9376f..d7ccc79454f54ee39c364590a2409c096d7dc352 100644
--- a/kernel/ptrace.c
+++ b/kernel/ptrace.c
@@ -384,7 +384,6 @@ static bool __ptrace_detach(struct task_struct *tracer, struct task_struct *p)
 			dead = do_notify_parent(p, p->exit_signal);
 		else if (ignoring_children(tracer->sighand)) {
 			__wake_up_parent(p, tracer);
-			p->exit_signal = -1;
 			dead = true;
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/kernel/signal.c b/kernel/signal.c
index d52e82cd62bbf8d60f01d47b3c201f1ada18d998..4c4ad34caf77cbe52d6f22935485621efc3156cf 100644
--- a/kernel/signal.c
+++ b/kernel/signal.c
@@ -1650,7 +1650,6 @@ bool do_notify_parent(struct task_struct *tsk, int sig)
 		 * it, just use SIG_IGN instead).
 		 */
 		autoreap = true;
-		tsk->exit_signal = -1;
 		if (psig->action[SIGCHLD-1].sa.sa_handler == SIG_IGN)
 			sig = 0;
 	}