diff --git a/kernel/exit.c b/kernel/exit.c
index 8f3bf53a5b4d..2b332d170327 100644
--- a/kernel/exit.c
+++ b/kernel/exit.c
@@ -745,24 +745,6 @@ static void exit_notify(struct task_struct *tsk)
 	struct task_struct *t;
 	struct pid *pgrp;
 
-	if (signal_pending(tsk) && !(tsk->signal->flags & SIGNAL_GROUP_EXIT)
-	    && !thread_group_empty(tsk)) {
-		/*
-		 * This occurs when there was a race between our exit
-		 * syscall and a group signal choosing us as the one to
-		 * wake up.  It could be that we are the only thread
-		 * alerted to check for pending signals, but another thread
-		 * should be woken now to take the signal since we will not.
-		 * Now we'll wake all the threads in the group just to make
-		 * sure someone gets all the pending signals.
-		 */
-		spin_lock_irq(&tsk->sighand->siglock);
-		for (t = next_thread(tsk); t != tsk; t = next_thread(t))
-			if (!signal_pending(t) && !(t->flags & PF_EXITING))
-				recalc_sigpending_and_wake(t);
-		spin_unlock_irq(&tsk->sighand->siglock);
-	}
-
 	/*
 	 * This does two things:
 	 *
diff --git a/kernel/signal.c b/kernel/signal.c
index 209eec11eef5..3d3adb94561d 100644
--- a/kernel/signal.c
+++ b/kernel/signal.c
@@ -1903,19 +1903,36 @@ int get_signal_to_deliver(siginfo_t *info, struct k_sigaction *return_ka,
 void exit_signals(struct task_struct *tsk)
 {
 	int group_stop = 0;
+	struct task_struct *t;
 
-	spin_lock_irq(&tsk->sighand->siglock);
-	if (unlikely(tsk->signal->group_stop_count) &&
-			!--tsk->signal->group_stop_count) {
-		tsk->signal->flags = SIGNAL_STOP_STOPPED;
-		group_stop = 1;
+	if (thread_group_empty(tsk) || signal_group_exit(tsk->signal)) {
+		tsk->flags |= PF_EXITING;
+		return;
 	}
 
+	spin_lock_irq(&tsk->sighand->siglock);
 	/*
 	 * From now this task is not visible for group-wide signals,
 	 * see wants_signal(), do_signal_stop().
 	 */
 	tsk->flags |= PF_EXITING;
+	if (!signal_pending(tsk))
+		goto out;
+
+	/* It could be that __group_complete_signal() choose us to
+	 * notify about group-wide signal. Another thread should be
+	 * woken now to take the signal since we will not.
+	 */
+	for (t = tsk; (t = next_thread(t)) != tsk; )
+		if (!signal_pending(t) && !(t->flags & PF_EXITING))
+			recalc_sigpending_and_wake(t);
+
+	if (unlikely(tsk->signal->group_stop_count) &&
+			!--tsk->signal->group_stop_count) {
+		tsk->signal->flags = SIGNAL_STOP_STOPPED;
+		group_stop = 1;
+	}
+out:
 	spin_unlock_irq(&tsk->sighand->siglock);
 
 	if (unlikely(group_stop)) {