diff --git a/fs/coredump.c b/fs/coredump.c
index 281b768000e664e4d4ef9092d4bb567d003623a0..eb9c92c9b20f5de5e325d7a05e5d055d0816989e 100644
--- a/fs/coredump.c
+++ b/fs/coredump.c
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #include <linux/slab.h>
 #include <linux/file.h>
 #include <linux/fdtable.h>
+#include <linux/freezer.h>
 #include <linux/mm.h>
 #include <linux/stat.h>
 #include <linux/fcntl.h>
@@ -423,7 +424,9 @@ static int coredump_wait(int exit_code, struct core_state *core_state)
 	if (core_waiters > 0) {
 		struct core_thread *ptr;
 
+		freezer_do_not_count();
 		wait_for_completion(&core_state->startup);
+		freezer_count();
 		/*
 		 * Wait for all the threads to become inactive, so that
 		 * all the thread context (extended register state, like