diff --git a/fs/exec.c b/fs/exec.c
index b6e35ec818a2a55354d67ec74a6e21eefd35af00..d51f7172832b00bc553ae920cb465477c18761ae 100644
--- a/fs/exec.c
+++ b/fs/exec.c
@@ -1404,7 +1404,6 @@ int search_binary_handler(struct linux_binprm *bprm)
 				if (bprm->file)
 					fput(bprm->file);
 				bprm->file = NULL;
-				proc_exec_connector(current);
 				return retval;
 			}
 			read_lock(&binfmt_lock);
@@ -1455,6 +1454,7 @@ static int exec_binprm(struct linux_binprm *bprm)
 		trace_sched_process_exec(current, old_pid, bprm);
 		ptrace_event(PTRACE_EVENT_EXEC, old_vpid);
 		current->did_exec = 1;
+		proc_exec_connector(current);
 	}
 
 	return ret;