diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index df193983bf6e..9385c9f12fa6 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 6347e90091041e34bea625370794c92f4ce71228
+refs/heads/master: 50d75f8daead8a1f850c40a3b6c6575ab19b48cf
diff --git a/trunk/kernel/exit.c b/trunk/kernel/exit.c
index a85efd2348bd..2f59cc334516 100644
--- a/trunk/kernel/exit.c
+++ b/trunk/kernel/exit.c
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ static void exit_mm(struct task_struct * tsk);
 static void __unhash_process(struct task_struct *p, bool group_dead)
 {
 	nr_threads--;
+	detach_pid(p, PIDTYPE_PID);
 	if (group_dead) {
 		detach_pid(p, PIDTYPE_PGID);
 		detach_pid(p, PIDTYPE_SID);
@@ -78,13 +79,12 @@ static void __unhash_process(struct task_struct *p, bool group_dead)
 		if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_PID_NS)) {
 			struct task_struct *parent = p->real_parent;
 
-			if ((task_active_pid_ns(p)->child_reaper == parent) &&
+			if ((task_active_pid_ns(parent)->child_reaper == parent) &&
 			    list_empty(&parent->children) &&
 			    (parent->flags & PF_EXITING))
 				wake_up_process(parent);
 		}
 	}
-	detach_pid(p, PIDTYPE_PID);
 	list_del_rcu(&p->thread_group);
 }
 
@@ -732,12 +732,6 @@ static struct task_struct *find_new_reaper(struct task_struct *father)
 
 		zap_pid_ns_processes(pid_ns);
 		write_lock_irq(&tasklist_lock);
-		/*
-		 * We can not clear ->child_reaper or leave it alone.
-		 * There may by stealth EXIT_DEAD tasks on ->children,
-		 * forget_original_parent() must move them somewhere.
-		 */
-		pid_ns->child_reaper = init_pid_ns.child_reaper;
 	} else if (father->signal->has_child_subreaper) {
 		struct task_struct *reaper;