diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index b65ccf404cd4..6c1e4e827f94 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: f10db6277dfd6dffb80b2182a256d35adb3134bc
+refs/heads/master: 0a76fe8e50ee93a9d4a1badb1ec995852a6bcaf1
diff --git a/trunk/kernel/exit.c b/trunk/kernel/exit.c
index 9d3d0f0b27d9..eb9934a82fc1 100644
--- a/trunk/kernel/exit.c
+++ b/trunk/kernel/exit.c
@@ -1590,8 +1590,6 @@ static long do_wait(pid_t pid, int options, struct siginfo __user *infop,
 					goto repeat;
 				if (retval != 0) /* He released the lock.  */
 					goto end;
-			} else if (p->exit_state == EXIT_DEAD) {
-				continue;
 			} else if (p->exit_state == EXIT_ZOMBIE) {
 				/*
 				 * Eligible but we cannot release it yet:
@@ -1606,7 +1604,7 @@ static long do_wait(pid_t pid, int options, struct siginfo __user *infop,
 				/* He released the lock.  */
 				if (retval != 0)
 					goto end;
-			} else {
+			} else if (p->exit_state != EXIT_DEAD) {
 check_continued:
 				/*
 				 * It's running now, so it might later