diff --git a/kernel/fork.c b/kernel/fork.c
index 242a706e772180..43c039d55e95d9 100644
--- a/kernel/fork.c
+++ b/kernel/fork.c
@@ -1093,7 +1093,7 @@ static struct task_struct *copy_process(unsigned long clone_flags,
 #ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_MUTEXES
 	p->blocked_on = NULL; /* not blocked yet */
 #endif
-	if (unlikely(ptrace_reparented(current)))
+	if (unlikely(current->ptrace))
 		ptrace_fork(p, clone_flags);
 
 	/* Perform scheduler related setup. Assign this task to a CPU. */