diff --git a/kernel/signal.c b/kernel/signal.c
index 356bdf5c45e6..502b242dda9f 100644
--- a/kernel/signal.c
+++ b/kernel/signal.c
@@ -1322,6 +1322,7 @@ int zap_other_threads(struct task_struct *p)
 	int count = 0;
 
 	p->signal->group_stop_count = 0;
+	task_clear_jobctl_pending(p, JOBCTL_PENDING_MASK);
 
 	while_each_thread(p, t) {
 		task_clear_jobctl_pending(t, JOBCTL_PENDING_MASK);