diff --git a/kernel/fork.c b/kernel/fork.c
index 814363a69b80..c271467da4f9 100644
--- a/kernel/fork.c
+++ b/kernel/fork.c
@@ -1448,14 +1448,6 @@ static struct task_struct *copy_process(unsigned long clone_flags,
 		goto bad_fork_free_pid;
 	}
 
-	if (clone_flags & CLONE_THREAD) {
-		current->signal->nr_threads++;
-		atomic_inc(&current->signal->live);
-		atomic_inc(&current->signal->sigcnt);
-		p->group_leader = current->group_leader;
-		list_add_tail_rcu(&p->thread_group, &p->group_leader->thread_group);
-	}
-
 	if (likely(p->pid)) {
 		ptrace_init_task(p, (clone_flags & CLONE_PTRACE) || trace);
 
@@ -1472,6 +1464,13 @@ static struct task_struct *copy_process(unsigned long clone_flags,
 			list_add_tail(&p->sibling, &p->real_parent->children);
 			list_add_tail_rcu(&p->tasks, &init_task.tasks);
 			__this_cpu_inc(process_counts);
+		} else {
+			current->signal->nr_threads++;
+			atomic_inc(&current->signal->live);
+			atomic_inc(&current->signal->sigcnt);
+			p->group_leader = current->group_leader;
+			list_add_tail_rcu(&p->thread_group,
+					  &p->group_leader->thread_group);
 		}
 		attach_pid(p, PIDTYPE_PID, pid);
 		nr_threads++;