diff --git a/fs/coredump.c b/fs/coredump.c
index a6b3c196cdef54e476a78a4ce09be9655e020d17..0864941a879b846687bb1cc001b0475c5bc575b1 100644
--- a/fs/coredump.c
+++ b/fs/coredump.c
@@ -347,13 +347,13 @@ static int format_corename(struct core_name *cn, struct coredump_params *cprm,
 	return ispipe;
 }
 
-static int zap_process(struct task_struct *start, int exit_code, int flags)
+static int zap_process(struct task_struct *start, int exit_code)
 {
 	struct task_struct *t;
 	int nr = 0;
 
 	/* ignore all signals except SIGKILL, see prepare_signal() */
-	start->signal->flags = SIGNAL_GROUP_COREDUMP | flags;
+	start->signal->flags = SIGNAL_GROUP_EXIT | SIGNAL_GROUP_COREDUMP;
 	start->signal->group_exit_code = exit_code;
 	start->signal->group_stop_count = 0;
 
@@ -378,7 +378,7 @@ static int zap_threads(struct task_struct *tsk,
 	if (!signal_group_exit(tsk->signal)) {
 		tsk->signal->core_state = core_state;
 		tsk->signal->group_exit_task = tsk;
-		nr = zap_process(tsk, exit_code, 0);
+		nr = zap_process(tsk, exit_code);
 		clear_tsk_thread_flag(tsk, TIF_SIGPENDING);
 		tsk->flags |= PF_DUMPCORE;
 		atomic_set(&core_state->nr_threads, nr);