diff --git a/fs/coredump.c b/fs/coredump.c
index c92ffc0bf2c2..7dece20b162b 100644
--- a/fs/coredump.c
+++ b/fs/coredump.c
@@ -372,11 +372,12 @@ static int zap_process(struct task_struct *start, int exit_code)
 static int zap_threads(struct task_struct *tsk,
 			struct core_state *core_state, int exit_code)
 {
+	struct signal_struct *signal = tsk->signal;
 	int nr = -EAGAIN;
 
 	spin_lock_irq(&tsk->sighand->siglock);
-	if (!signal_group_exit(tsk->signal)) {
-		tsk->signal->core_state = core_state;
+	if (!(signal->flags & SIGNAL_GROUP_EXIT) && !signal->group_exec_task) {
+		signal->core_state = core_state;
 		nr = zap_process(tsk, exit_code);
 		clear_tsk_thread_flag(tsk, TIF_SIGPENDING);
 		tsk->flags |= PF_DUMPCORE;
diff --git a/fs/exec.c b/fs/exec.c
index 9d2925811011..82db656ca709 100644
--- a/fs/exec.c
+++ b/fs/exec.c
@@ -1045,7 +1045,7 @@ static int de_thread(struct task_struct *tsk)
 	 * Kill all other threads in the thread group.
 	 */
 	spin_lock_irq(lock);
-	if (signal_group_exit(sig)) {
+	if ((sig->flags & SIGNAL_GROUP_EXIT) || sig->group_exec_task) {
 		/*
 		 * Another group action in progress, just
 		 * return so that the signal is processed.
diff --git a/include/linux/sched/signal.h b/include/linux/sched/signal.h
index d3248aba5183..b6ecb9fc4cd2 100644
--- a/include/linux/sched/signal.h
+++ b/include/linux/sched/signal.h
@@ -271,13 +271,6 @@ static inline void signal_set_stop_flags(struct signal_struct *sig,
 	sig->flags = (sig->flags & ~SIGNAL_STOP_MASK) | flags;
 }
 
-/* If true, all threads except ->group_exec_task have pending SIGKILL */
-static inline int signal_group_exit(const struct signal_struct *sig)
-{
-	return	(sig->flags & SIGNAL_GROUP_EXIT) ||
-		(sig->group_exec_task != NULL);
-}
-
 extern void flush_signals(struct task_struct *);
 extern void ignore_signals(struct task_struct *);
 extern void flush_signal_handlers(struct task_struct *, int force_default);
diff --git a/kernel/exit.c b/kernel/exit.c
index b05578abbf26..861cfb1e2f77 100644
--- a/kernel/exit.c
+++ b/kernel/exit.c
@@ -914,15 +914,19 @@ do_group_exit(int exit_code)
 
 	BUG_ON(exit_code & 0x80); /* core dumps don't get here */
 
-	if (signal_group_exit(sig))
+	if (sig->flags & SIGNAL_GROUP_EXIT)
 		exit_code = sig->group_exit_code;
+	else if (sig->group_exec_task)
+		exit_code = 0;
 	else if (!thread_group_empty(current)) {
 		struct sighand_struct *const sighand = current->sighand;
 
 		spin_lock_irq(&sighand->siglock);
-		if (signal_group_exit(sig))
+		if (sig->flags & SIGNAL_GROUP_EXIT)
 			/* Another thread got here before we took the lock.  */
 			exit_code = sig->group_exit_code;
+		else if (sig->group_exec_task)
+			exit_code = 0;
 		else {
 			sig->group_exit_code = exit_code;
 			sig->flags = SIGNAL_GROUP_EXIT;
diff --git a/kernel/signal.c b/kernel/signal.c
index bae231bc2f4a..167b8e196a79 100644
--- a/kernel/signal.c
+++ b/kernel/signal.c
@@ -2386,7 +2386,8 @@ static bool do_signal_stop(int signr)
 		WARN_ON_ONCE(signr & ~JOBCTL_STOP_SIGMASK);
 
 		if (!likely(current->jobctl & JOBCTL_STOP_DEQUEUED) ||
-		    unlikely(signal_group_exit(sig)))
+		    unlikely(sig->flags & SIGNAL_GROUP_EXIT) ||
+		    unlikely(sig->group_exec_task))
 			return false;
 		/*
 		 * There is no group stop already in progress.  We must
@@ -2693,7 +2694,8 @@ bool get_signal(struct ksignal *ksig)
 		enum pid_type type;
 
 		/* Has this task already been marked for death? */
-		if (signal_group_exit(signal)) {
+		if ((signal->flags & SIGNAL_GROUP_EXIT) ||
+		     signal->group_exec_task) {
 			ksig->info.si_signo = signr = SIGKILL;
 			sigdelset(&current->pending.signal, SIGKILL);
 			trace_signal_deliver(SIGKILL, SEND_SIG_NOINFO,
@@ -2949,7 +2951,7 @@ void exit_signals(struct task_struct *tsk)
 	 */
 	cgroup_threadgroup_change_begin(tsk);
 
-	if (thread_group_empty(tsk) || signal_group_exit(tsk->signal)) {
+	if (thread_group_empty(tsk) || (tsk->signal->flags & SIGNAL_GROUP_EXIT)) {
 		tsk->flags |= PF_EXITING;
 		cgroup_threadgroup_change_end(tsk);
 		return;