diff --git a/arch/i386/kernel/ptrace.c b/arch/i386/kernel/ptrace.c
index 0c8f00e69c4d..7c1b92522e95 100644
--- a/arch/i386/kernel/ptrace.c
+++ b/arch/i386/kernel/ptrace.c
@@ -274,7 +274,6 @@ static void clear_singlestep(struct task_struct *child)
 void ptrace_disable(struct task_struct *child)
 { 
 	clear_singlestep(child);
-	clear_tsk_thread_flag(child, TIF_SYSCALL_TRACE);
 	clear_tsk_thread_flag(child, TIF_SYSCALL_EMU);
 }
 
diff --git a/arch/ia64/kernel/ptrace.c b/arch/ia64/kernel/ptrace.c
index 122444a97897..2e96f17b2f3b 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/kernel/ptrace.c
+++ b/arch/ia64/kernel/ptrace.c
@@ -1577,7 +1577,6 @@ sys_ptrace (long request, pid_t pid, unsigned long addr, unsigned long data)
 
 	      case PTRACE_DETACH:
 		/* detach a process that was attached. */
-		clear_tsk_thread_flag(child, TIF_SYSCALL_TRACE);
 		ret = ptrace_detach(child, data);
 		goto out_tsk;
 
diff --git a/arch/m68k/kernel/ptrace.c b/arch/m68k/kernel/ptrace.c
index 2cf0690b7882..e792d3cba4c7 100644
--- a/arch/m68k/kernel/ptrace.c
+++ b/arch/m68k/kernel/ptrace.c
@@ -116,7 +116,6 @@ static inline void singlestep_disable(struct task_struct *child)
 void ptrace_disable(struct task_struct *child)
 {
 	singlestep_disable(child);
-	clear_tsk_thread_flag(child, TIF_SYSCALL_TRACE);
 }
 
 long arch_ptrace(struct task_struct *child, long request, long addr, long data)
diff --git a/kernel/ptrace.c b/kernel/ptrace.c
index 82a558b655da..3eca7a55f2ee 100644
--- a/kernel/ptrace.c
+++ b/kernel/ptrace.c
@@ -233,6 +233,7 @@ int ptrace_detach(struct task_struct *child, unsigned int data)
 
 	/* Architecture-specific hardware disable .. */
 	ptrace_disable(child);
+	clear_tsk_thread_flag(child, TIF_SYSCALL_TRACE);
 
 	write_lock_irq(&tasklist_lock);
 	/* protect against de_thread()->release_task() */