diff --git a/include/linux/tracehook.h b/include/linux/tracehook.h
index 3a2e66d88a32..b073f3c8adc3 100644
--- a/include/linux/tracehook.h
+++ b/include/linux/tracehook.h
@@ -468,33 +468,6 @@ static inline int tracehook_get_signal(struct task_struct *task,
 	return 0;
 }
 
-/**
- * tracehook_notify_jctl - report about job control stop/continue
- * @notify:		zero, %CLD_STOPPED or %CLD_CONTINUED
- * @why:		%CLD_STOPPED or %CLD_CONTINUED
- *
- * This is called when we might call do_notify_parent_cldstop().
- *
- * @notify is zero if we would not ordinarily send a %SIGCHLD,
- * or is the %CLD_STOPPED or %CLD_CONTINUED .si_code for %SIGCHLD.
- *
- * @why is %CLD_STOPPED when about to stop for job control;
- * we are already in %TASK_STOPPED state, about to call schedule().
- * It might also be that we have just exited (check %PF_EXITING),
- * but need to report that a group-wide stop is complete.
- *
- * @why is %CLD_CONTINUED when waking up after job control stop and
- * ready to make a delayed @notify report.
- *
- * Return the %CLD_* value for %SIGCHLD, or zero to generate no signal.
- *
- * Called with the siglock held.
- */
-static inline int tracehook_notify_jctl(int notify, int why)
-{
-	return notify ?: (current->ptrace & PT_PTRACED) ? why : 0;
-}
-
 /**
  * tracehook_finish_jctl - report about return from job control stop
  *
diff --git a/kernel/signal.c b/kernel/signal.c
index f4db76986ec1..03d874e1058f 100644
--- a/kernel/signal.c
+++ b/kernel/signal.c
@@ -1727,7 +1727,7 @@ void ptrace_notify(int exit_code)
 static int do_signal_stop(int signr)
 {
 	struct signal_struct *sig = current->signal;
-	int notify;
+	int notify = 0;
 
 	if (!sig->group_stop_count) {
 		struct task_struct *t;
@@ -1759,19 +1759,16 @@ static int do_signal_stop(int signr)
 	 * a group stop in progress and we are the last to stop, report
 	 * to the parent.  When ptraced, every thread reports itself.
 	 */
-	notify = sig->group_stop_count == 1 ? CLD_STOPPED : 0;
-	notify = tracehook_notify_jctl(notify, CLD_STOPPED);
-	/*
-	 * tracehook_notify_jctl() can drop and reacquire siglock, so
-	 * we keep ->group_stop_count != 0 before the call. If SIGCONT
-	 * or SIGKILL comes in between ->group_stop_count == 0.
-	 */
-	if (sig->group_stop_count) {
-		if (!--sig->group_stop_count)
-			sig->flags = SIGNAL_STOP_STOPPED;
-		current->exit_code = sig->group_exit_code;
-		__set_current_state(TASK_STOPPED);
+	if (!--sig->group_stop_count) {
+		sig->flags = SIGNAL_STOP_STOPPED;
+		notify = CLD_STOPPED;
 	}
+	if (task_ptrace(current))
+		notify = CLD_STOPPED;
+
+	current->exit_code = sig->group_exit_code;
+	__set_current_state(TASK_STOPPED);
+
 	spin_unlock_irq(&current->sighand->siglock);
 
 	if (notify) {
@@ -1860,14 +1857,11 @@ relock:
 
 		signal->flags &= ~SIGNAL_CLD_MASK;
 
-		why = tracehook_notify_jctl(why, CLD_CONTINUED);
 		spin_unlock_irq(&sighand->siglock);
 
-		if (why) {
-			read_lock(&tasklist_lock);
-			do_notify_parent_cldstop(current->group_leader, why);
-			read_unlock(&tasklist_lock);
-		}
+		read_lock(&tasklist_lock);
+		do_notify_parent_cldstop(current->group_leader, why);
+		read_unlock(&tasklist_lock);
 		goto relock;
 	}
 
@@ -2034,7 +2028,7 @@ void exit_signals(struct task_struct *tsk)
 	if (unlikely(tsk->signal->group_stop_count) &&
 			!--tsk->signal->group_stop_count) {
 		tsk->signal->flags = SIGNAL_STOP_STOPPED;
-		group_stop = tracehook_notify_jctl(CLD_STOPPED, CLD_STOPPED);
+		group_stop = CLD_STOPPED;
 	}
 out:
 	spin_unlock_irq(&tsk->sighand->siglock);