diff --git a/arch/x86/ia32/ia32_aout.c b/arch/x86/ia32/ia32_aout.c
index 03abf9b70011c288d362d1faa7ac67fe9c57f4ed..81e94d972f1b521a37a0c143d3b1930c25edacea 100644
--- a/arch/x86/ia32/ia32_aout.c
+++ b/arch/x86/ia32/ia32_aout.c
@@ -162,7 +162,6 @@ static int aout_core_dump(long signr, struct pt_regs *regs, struct file *file,
 	fs = get_fs();
 	set_fs(KERNEL_DS);
 	has_dumped = 1;
-	current->flags |= PF_DUMPCORE;
 	strncpy(dump.u_comm, current->comm, sizeof(current->comm));
 	dump.u_ar0 = offsetof(struct user32, regs);
 	dump.signal = signr;
diff --git a/fs/binfmt_aout.c b/fs/binfmt_aout.c
index bbc8f8827eac6acef8254ace738230ae07043038..02fe378fc506218e980e3e016132718e88fadd63 100644
--- a/fs/binfmt_aout.c
+++ b/fs/binfmt_aout.c
@@ -62,7 +62,6 @@ static int aout_core_dump(struct coredump_params *cprm)
 	fs = get_fs();
 	set_fs(KERNEL_DS);
 	has_dumped = 1;
-	current->flags |= PF_DUMPCORE;
        	strncpy(dump.u_comm, current->comm, sizeof(dump.u_comm));
 	dump.u_ar0 = offsetof(struct user, regs);
 	dump.signal = cprm->siginfo->si_signo;
diff --git a/fs/binfmt_elf.c b/fs/binfmt_elf.c
index e32344bdfab126ded1a67b4ed18fb79dead006d1..34a9771eaa6ce12794ed07ae54bfc8760f816121 100644
--- a/fs/binfmt_elf.c
+++ b/fs/binfmt_elf.c
@@ -2092,8 +2092,7 @@ static int elf_core_dump(struct coredump_params *cprm)
 		goto cleanup;
 
 	has_dumped = 1;
-	current->flags |= PF_DUMPCORE;
-  
+
 	fs = get_fs();
 	set_fs(KERNEL_DS);
 
diff --git a/fs/binfmt_elf_fdpic.c b/fs/binfmt_elf_fdpic.c
index 9c13e023e2b72368004bad13033a7709ee5c62a6..c1cc06aed601a791a6d46ca5d0ffcae18cecec06 100644
--- a/fs/binfmt_elf_fdpic.c
+++ b/fs/binfmt_elf_fdpic.c
@@ -1687,8 +1687,6 @@ static int elf_fdpic_core_dump(struct coredump_params *cprm)
 	fill_elf_fdpic_header(elf, e_phnum);
 
 	has_dumped = 1;
-	current->flags |= PF_DUMPCORE;
-
 	/*
 	 * Set up the notes in similar form to SVR4 core dumps made
 	 * with info from their /proc.
diff --git a/fs/coredump.c b/fs/coredump.c
index aa8ac69a548f03227ea08c66ee8464414ca96bf9..7300e312fb3a2b3882dc1deb8339e3feb453c358 100644
--- a/fs/coredump.c
+++ b/fs/coredump.c
@@ -299,6 +299,7 @@ static int zap_threads(struct task_struct *tsk, struct mm_struct *mm,
 	if (unlikely(nr < 0))
 		return nr;
 
+	tsk->flags = PF_DUMPCORE;
 	if (atomic_read(&mm->mm_users) == nr + 1)
 		goto done;
 	/*