diff --git a/kernel/exit.c b/kernel/exit.c
index 64e907bc87d5ca056dafbd16f6cffd50549ae690..db86307077d4e5503985c29a4b4e7ed61ba9aac4 100644
--- a/kernel/exit.c
+++ b/kernel/exit.c
@@ -911,8 +911,6 @@ do_group_exit(int exit_code)
 {
 	struct signal_struct *sig = current->signal;
 
-	BUG_ON(exit_code & 0x80); /* core dumps don't get here */
-
 	if (sig->flags & SIGNAL_GROUP_EXIT)
 		exit_code = sig->group_exit_code;
 	else if (sig->group_exec_task)