diff --git a/kernel/fork.c b/kernel/fork.c
index 467746b3f0aa..4812d60b29f8 100644
--- a/kernel/fork.c
+++ b/kernel/fork.c
@@ -1408,14 +1408,11 @@ long do_fork(unsigned long clone_flags,
 		if (clone_flags & CLONE_VFORK) {
 			p->vfork_done = &vfork;
 			init_completion(&vfork);
-		} else if (!(clone_flags & CLONE_VM)) {
-			/*
-			 * vfork will do an exec which will call
-			 * set_task_comm()
-			 */
-			perf_counter_fork(p);
 		}
 
+		if (!(clone_flags & CLONE_THREAD))
+			perf_counter_fork(p);
+
 		audit_finish_fork(p);
 		tracehook_report_clone(regs, clone_flags, nr, p);