diff --git a/kernel/signal.c b/kernel/signal.c
index fdab7b363fa7..39c1706edf03 100644
--- a/kernel/signal.c
+++ b/kernel/signal.c
@@ -1496,9 +1496,8 @@ static inline int may_ptrace_stop(void)
  */
 static int sigkill_pending(struct task_struct *tsk)
 {
-	return ((sigismember(&tsk->pending.signal, SIGKILL) ||
-		 sigismember(&tsk->signal->shared_pending.signal, SIGKILL)) &&
-		!unlikely(sigismember(&tsk->blocked, SIGKILL)));
+	return	sigismember(&tsk->pending.signal, SIGKILL) ||
+		sigismember(&tsk->signal->shared_pending.signal, SIGKILL);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -1514,8 +1513,6 @@ static int sigkill_pending(struct task_struct *tsk)
  */
 static void ptrace_stop(int exit_code, int clear_code, siginfo_t *info)
 {
-	int killed = 0;
-
 	if (arch_ptrace_stop_needed(exit_code, info)) {
 		/*
 		 * The arch code has something special to do before a
@@ -1531,7 +1528,8 @@ static void ptrace_stop(int exit_code, int clear_code, siginfo_t *info)
 		spin_unlock_irq(&current->sighand->siglock);
 		arch_ptrace_stop(exit_code, info);
 		spin_lock_irq(&current->sighand->siglock);
-		killed = sigkill_pending(current);
+		if (sigkill_pending(current))
+			return;
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -1548,7 +1546,7 @@ static void ptrace_stop(int exit_code, int clear_code, siginfo_t *info)
 	__set_current_state(TASK_TRACED);
 	spin_unlock_irq(&current->sighand->siglock);
 	read_lock(&tasklist_lock);
-	if (!unlikely(killed) && may_ptrace_stop()) {
+	if (may_ptrace_stop()) {
 		do_notify_parent_cldstop(current, CLD_TRAPPED);
 		read_unlock(&tasklist_lock);
 		schedule();