diff --git a/kernel/fork.c b/kernel/fork.c
index 533ce27f4b2..280bd44ac44 100644
--- a/kernel/fork.c
+++ b/kernel/fork.c
@@ -848,7 +848,7 @@ static inline void copy_flags(unsigned long clone_flags, struct task_struct *p)
 {
 	unsigned long new_flags = p->flags;
 
-	new_flags &= ~PF_SUPERPRIV;
+	new_flags &= ~(PF_SUPERPRIV | PF_NOFREEZE);
 	new_flags |= PF_FORKNOEXEC;
 	if (!(clone_flags & CLONE_PTRACE))
 		p->ptrace = 0;