diff --git a/fs/exec.c b/fs/exec.c
index 92ce83a11e90acbb0bceda45b682a83535089342..dccdcec913e98e5a8a6ecf63f04c28b0760f32e1 100644
--- a/fs/exec.c
+++ b/fs/exec.c
@@ -1915,7 +1915,6 @@ static int coredump_wait(int exit_code, struct core_state *core_state)
 {
 	struct task_struct *tsk = current;
 	struct mm_struct *mm = tsk->mm;
-	struct completion *vfork_done;
 	int core_waiters = -EBUSY;
 
 	init_completion(&core_state->startup);
@@ -1934,11 +1933,8 @@ static int coredump_wait(int exit_code, struct core_state *core_state)
 	 * Make sure nobody is waiting for us to release the VM,
 	 * otherwise we can deadlock when we wait on each other
 	 */
-	vfork_done = tsk->vfork_done;
-	if (vfork_done) {
-		tsk->vfork_done = NULL;
-		complete(vfork_done);
-	}
+	if (tsk->vfork_done)
+		complete_vfork_done(tsk);
 
 	if (core_waiters)
 		wait_for_completion(&core_state->startup);
diff --git a/include/linux/sched.h b/include/linux/sched.h
index 7d379a6bfd886679fcfefee2ed90fb636d6cd028..1b25a37f2aee1857c13dd37f29282439d858f8aa 100644
--- a/include/linux/sched.h
+++ b/include/linux/sched.h
@@ -2291,6 +2291,7 @@ extern int do_execve(const char *,
 		     const char __user * const __user *,
 		     const char __user * const __user *, struct pt_regs *);
 extern long do_fork(unsigned long, unsigned long, struct pt_regs *, unsigned long, int __user *, int __user *);
+extern void complete_vfork_done(struct task_struct *tsk);
 struct task_struct *fork_idle(int);
 
 extern void set_task_comm(struct task_struct *tsk, char *from);
diff --git a/kernel/fork.c b/kernel/fork.c
index e2cd3e2a5ae8b73dac244bd4ee98fbe70d5d5364..cf3d963796089c8c1364bb0616faf8e78325a721 100644
--- a/kernel/fork.c
+++ b/kernel/fork.c
@@ -668,6 +668,14 @@ struct mm_struct *mm_access(struct task_struct *task, unsigned int mode)
 	return mm;
 }
 
+void complete_vfork_done(struct task_struct *tsk)
+{
+	struct completion *vfork_done = tsk->vfork_done;
+
+	tsk->vfork_done = NULL;
+	complete(vfork_done);
+}
+
 /* Please note the differences between mmput and mm_release.
  * mmput is called whenever we stop holding onto a mm_struct,
  * error success whatever.
@@ -683,8 +691,6 @@ struct mm_struct *mm_access(struct task_struct *task, unsigned int mode)
  */
 void mm_release(struct task_struct *tsk, struct mm_struct *mm)
 {
-	struct completion *vfork_done = tsk->vfork_done;
-
 	/* Get rid of any futexes when releasing the mm */
 #ifdef CONFIG_FUTEX
 	if (unlikely(tsk->robust_list)) {
@@ -704,11 +710,8 @@ void mm_release(struct task_struct *tsk, struct mm_struct *mm)
 	/* Get rid of any cached register state */
 	deactivate_mm(tsk, mm);
 
-	/* notify parent sleeping on vfork() */
-	if (vfork_done) {
-		tsk->vfork_done = NULL;
-		complete(vfork_done);
-	}
+	if (tsk->vfork_done)
+		complete_vfork_done(tsk);
 
 	/*
 	 * If we're exiting normally, clear a user-space tid field if