diff --git a/kernel/ptrace.c b/kernel/ptrace.c
index 901df1e..b96de86b4 100644
--- a/kernel/ptrace.c
+++ b/kernel/ptrace.c
@@ -122,6 +122,40 @@ void __ptrace_unlink(struct task_struct *child)
 	spin_unlock(&child->sighand->siglock);
 }
 
+/* Ensure that nothing can wake it up, even SIGKILL */
+static bool ptrace_freeze_traced(struct task_struct *task)
+{
+	bool ret = false;
+
+	/* Lockless, nobody but us can set this flag */
+	if (task->jobctl & JOBCTL_LISTENING)
+		return ret;
+
+	spin_lock_irq(&task->sighand->siglock);
+	if (task_is_traced(task) && !__fatal_signal_pending(task)) {
+		task->state = __TASK_TRACED;
+		ret = true;
+	}
+	spin_unlock_irq(&task->sighand->siglock);
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
+static void ptrace_unfreeze_traced(struct task_struct *task)
+{
+	if (task->state != __TASK_TRACED)
+		return;
+
+	WARN_ON(!task->ptrace || task->parent != current);
+
+	spin_lock_irq(&task->sighand->siglock);
+	if (__fatal_signal_pending(task))
+		wake_up_state(task, __TASK_TRACED);
+	else
+		task->state = TASK_TRACED;
+	spin_unlock_irq(&task->sighand->siglock);
+}
+
 /**
  * ptrace_check_attach - check whether ptracee is ready for ptrace operation
  * @child: ptracee to check for
@@ -151,24 +185,29 @@ int ptrace_check_attach(struct task_struct *child, bool ignore_state)
 	 * be changed by us so it's not changing right after this.
 	 */
 	read_lock(&tasklist_lock);
-	if ((child->ptrace & PT_PTRACED) && child->parent == current) {
+	if (child->ptrace && child->parent == current) {
+		WARN_ON(child->state == __TASK_TRACED);
 		/*
 		 * child->sighand can't be NULL, release_task()
 		 * does ptrace_unlink() before __exit_signal().
 		 */
-		spin_lock_irq(&child->sighand->siglock);
-		WARN_ON_ONCE(task_is_stopped(child));
-		if (ignore_state || (task_is_traced(child) &&
-				     !(child->jobctl & JOBCTL_LISTENING)))
+		if (ignore_state || ptrace_freeze_traced(child))
 			ret = 0;
-		spin_unlock_irq(&child->sighand->siglock);
 	}
 	read_unlock(&tasklist_lock);
 
-	if (!ret && !ignore_state)
-		ret = wait_task_inactive(child, TASK_TRACED) ? 0 : -ESRCH;
+	if (!ret && !ignore_state) {
+		if (!wait_task_inactive(child, __TASK_TRACED)) {
+			/*
+			 * This can only happen if may_ptrace_stop() fails and
+			 * ptrace_stop() changes ->state back to TASK_RUNNING,
+			 * so we should not worry about leaking __TASK_TRACED.
+			 */
+			WARN_ON(child->state == __TASK_TRACED);
+			ret = -ESRCH;
+		}
+	}
 
-	/* All systems go.. */
 	return ret;
 }
 
@@ -890,6 +929,8 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE4(ptrace, long, request, long, pid, unsigned long, addr,
 		goto out_put_task_struct;
 
 	ret = arch_ptrace(child, request, addr, data);
+	if (ret || request != PTRACE_DETACH)
+		ptrace_unfreeze_traced(child);
 
  out_put_task_struct:
 	put_task_struct(child);
@@ -1029,8 +1070,11 @@ asmlinkage long compat_sys_ptrace(compat_long_t request, compat_long_t pid,
 
 	ret = ptrace_check_attach(child, request == PTRACE_KILL ||
 				  request == PTRACE_INTERRUPT);
-	if (!ret)
+	if (!ret) {
 		ret = compat_arch_ptrace(child, request, addr, data);
+		if (ret || request != PTRACE_DETACH)
+			ptrace_unfreeze_traced(child);
+	}
 
  out_put_task_struct:
 	put_task_struct(child);
diff --git a/kernel/signal.c b/kernel/signal.c
index 47c8e05..97116c9 100644
--- a/kernel/signal.c
+++ b/kernel/signal.c
@@ -1791,6 +1791,10 @@ static inline int may_ptrace_stop(void)
 	 * If SIGKILL was already sent before the caller unlocked
 	 * ->siglock we must see ->core_state != NULL. Otherwise it
 	 * is safe to enter schedule().
+	 *
+	 * This is almost outdated, a task with the pending SIGKILL can't
+	 * block in TASK_TRACED. But PTRACE_EVENT_EXIT can be reported
+	 * after SIGKILL was already dequeued.
 	 */
 	if (unlikely(current->mm->core_state) &&
 	    unlikely(current->mm == current->parent->mm))
@@ -1916,6 +1920,7 @@ static void ptrace_stop(int exit_code, int why, int clear_code, siginfo_t *info)
 		if (gstop_done)
 			do_notify_parent_cldstop(current, false, why);
 
+		/* tasklist protects us from ptrace_freeze_traced() */
 		__set_current_state(TASK_RUNNING);
 		if (clear_code)
 			current->exit_code = 0;