diff --git a/kernel/exit.c b/kernel/exit.c
index 167e1e3ad7c6..d2e8239ea187 100644
--- a/kernel/exit.c
+++ b/kernel/exit.c
@@ -1582,6 +1582,7 @@ static int wait_consider_task(struct task_struct *parent, int ptrace,
 		 */
 		if (*notask_error)
 			*notask_error = ret;
+		return 0;
 	}
 
 	if (likely(!ptrace) && unlikely(p->ptrace)) {