diff --git a/fs/coredump.c b/fs/coredump.c
index d52f6bd..f91cfd8 100644
--- a/fs/coredump.c
+++ b/fs/coredump.c
@@ -280,8 +280,8 @@
 	return nr;
 }
 
-static inline int zap_threads(struct task_struct *tsk, struct mm_struct *mm,
-				struct core_state *core_state, int exit_code)
+static int zap_threads(struct task_struct *tsk, struct mm_struct *mm,
+			struct core_state *core_state, int exit_code)
 {
 	struct task_struct *g, *p;
 	unsigned long flags;
@@ -291,6 +291,9 @@
 	if (!signal_group_exit(tsk->signal)) {
 		mm->core_state = core_state;
 		nr = zap_process(tsk, exit_code);
+		/* ignore all signals except SIGKILL, see prepare_signal() */
+		tsk->signal->flags |= SIGNAL_GROUP_COREDUMP;
+		clear_tsk_thread_flag(tsk, TIF_SIGPENDING);
 	}
 	spin_unlock_irq(&tsk->sighand->siglock);
 	if (unlikely(nr < 0))
@@ -514,12 +517,6 @@
 
 	old_cred = override_creds(cred);
 
-	/*
-	 * Clear any false indication of pending signals that might
-	 * be seen by the filesystem code called to write the core file.
-	 */
-	clear_thread_flag(TIF_SIGPENDING);
-
 	ispipe = format_corename(&cn, &cprm);
 
 	if (ispipe) {
diff --git a/include/linux/sched.h b/include/linux/sched.h
index 54ddcb8..a22baf8 100644
--- a/include/linux/sched.h
+++ b/include/linux/sched.h
@@ -626,6 +626,7 @@
 #define SIGNAL_STOP_STOPPED	0x00000001 /* job control stop in effect */
 #define SIGNAL_STOP_CONTINUED	0x00000002 /* SIGCONT since WCONTINUED reap */
 #define SIGNAL_GROUP_EXIT	0x00000004 /* group exit in progress */
+#define SIGNAL_GROUP_COREDUMP	0x00000008 /* coredump in progress */
 /*
  * Pending notifications to parent.
  */
diff --git a/kernel/signal.c b/kernel/signal.c
index 27ece01..cede589 100644
--- a/kernel/signal.c
+++ b/kernel/signal.c
@@ -854,12 +854,14 @@
  * Returns true if the signal should be actually delivered, otherwise
  * it should be dropped.
  */
-static int prepare_signal(int sig, struct task_struct *p, bool force)
+static bool prepare_signal(int sig, struct task_struct *p, bool force)
 {
 	struct signal_struct *signal = p->signal;
 	struct task_struct *t;
 
-	if (unlikely(signal->flags & SIGNAL_GROUP_EXIT)) {
+	if (signal->flags & (SIGNAL_GROUP_EXIT | SIGNAL_GROUP_COREDUMP)) {
+		if (signal->flags & SIGNAL_GROUP_COREDUMP)
+			return sig == SIGKILL;
 		/*
 		 * The process is in the middle of dying, nothing to do.
 		 */