diff --git a/include/linux/ptrace.h b/include/linux/ptrace.h
index 18feac6f441..b546fd6c350 100644
--- a/include/linux/ptrace.h
+++ b/include/linux/ptrace.h
@@ -172,17 +172,17 @@ static inline bool ptrace_event_enabled(struct task_struct *task, int event)
  * Check whether @event is enabled and, if so, report @event and @message
  * to the ptrace parent.
  *
- * Returns nonzero if we did a ptrace notification, zero if not.
- *
  * Called without locks.
  */
-static inline int ptrace_event(int event, unsigned long message)
+static inline void ptrace_event(int event, unsigned long message)
 {
-	if (likely(!ptrace_event_enabled(current, event)))
-		return false;
-	current->ptrace_message = message;
-	ptrace_notify((event << 8) | SIGTRAP);
-	return true;
+	if (unlikely(ptrace_event_enabled(current, event))) {
+		current->ptrace_message = message;
+		ptrace_notify((event << 8) | SIGTRAP);
+	} else if (event == PTRACE_EVENT_EXEC && unlikely(current->ptrace)) {
+		/* legacy EXEC report via SIGTRAP */
+		send_sig(SIGTRAP, current, 0);
+	}
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/include/linux/tracehook.h b/include/linux/tracehook.h
index 7d38571b0c0..3b68aa842a9 100644
--- a/include/linux/tracehook.h
+++ b/include/linux/tracehook.h
@@ -201,9 +201,7 @@ static inline void tracehook_report_exec(struct linux_binfmt *fmt,
 					 struct linux_binprm *bprm,
 					 struct pt_regs *regs)
 {
-	if (!ptrace_event(PTRACE_EVENT_EXEC, 0) &&
-	    unlikely(current->ptrace & PT_PTRACED))
-		send_sig(SIGTRAP, current, 0);
+	ptrace_event(PTRACE_EVENT_EXEC, 0);
 }
 
 /**