diff --git a/kernel/fork.c b/kernel/fork.c
index b9c54318a292..22d4cdb9a7ca 100644
--- a/kernel/fork.c
+++ b/kernel/fork.c
@@ -1928,6 +1928,12 @@ static __latent_entropy struct task_struct *copy_process(
 		goto bad_fork_cancel_cgroup;
 	}
 
+	/* Let kill terminate clone/fork in the middle */
+	if (fatal_signal_pending(current)) {
+		retval = -EINTR;
+		goto bad_fork_cancel_cgroup;
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * Process group and session signals need to be delivered to just the
 	 * parent before the fork or both the parent and the child after the