diff --git a/include/linux/taskstats_kern.h b/include/linux/taskstats_kern.h
index f1261a532496..7e9680f4afdd 100644
--- a/include/linux/taskstats_kern.h
+++ b/include/linux/taskstats_kern.h
@@ -20,28 +20,6 @@ static inline void taskstats_tgid_init(struct signal_struct *sig)
 	sig->stats = NULL;
 }
 
-static inline void taskstats_tgid_alloc(struct task_struct *tsk)
-{
-	struct signal_struct *sig = tsk->signal;
-	struct taskstats *stats;
-
-	if (sig->stats != NULL)
-		return;
-
-	/* No problem if kmem_cache_zalloc() fails */
-	stats = kmem_cache_zalloc(taskstats_cache, GFP_KERNEL);
-
-	spin_lock_irq(&tsk->sighand->siglock);
-	if (!sig->stats) {
-		sig->stats = stats;
-		stats = NULL;
-	}
-	spin_unlock_irq(&tsk->sighand->siglock);
-
-	if (stats)
-		kmem_cache_free(taskstats_cache, stats);
-}
-
 static inline void taskstats_tgid_free(struct signal_struct *sig)
 {
 	if (sig->stats)
@@ -55,8 +33,6 @@ static inline void taskstats_exit(struct task_struct *tsk, int group_dead)
 {}
 static inline void taskstats_tgid_init(struct signal_struct *sig)
 {}
-static inline void taskstats_tgid_alloc(struct task_struct *tsk)
-{}
 static inline void taskstats_tgid_free(struct signal_struct *sig)
 {}
 static inline void taskstats_init_early(void)
diff --git a/kernel/fork.c b/kernel/fork.c
index f37980df1d58..658838148647 100644
--- a/kernel/fork.c
+++ b/kernel/fork.c
@@ -847,7 +847,6 @@ static inline int copy_signal(unsigned long clone_flags, struct task_struct * ts
 	if (clone_flags & CLONE_THREAD) {
 		atomic_inc(&current->signal->count);
 		atomic_inc(&current->signal->live);
-		taskstats_tgid_alloc(current);
 		return 0;
 	}
 	sig = kmem_cache_alloc(signal_cachep, GFP_KERNEL);
diff --git a/kernel/taskstats.c b/kernel/taskstats.c
index 2654886fe058..7d793d6b1e90 100644
--- a/kernel/taskstats.c
+++ b/kernel/taskstats.c
@@ -412,6 +412,30 @@ static int taskstats_user_cmd(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info)
 	return rc;
 }
 
+static struct taskstats *taskstats_tgid_alloc(struct task_struct *tsk)
+{
+	struct signal_struct *sig = tsk->signal;
+	struct taskstats *stats;
+
+	if (sig->stats || thread_group_empty(tsk))
+		goto ret;
+
+	/* No problem if kmem_cache_zalloc() fails */
+	stats = kmem_cache_zalloc(taskstats_cache, GFP_KERNEL);
+
+	spin_lock_irq(&tsk->sighand->siglock);
+	if (!sig->stats) {
+		sig->stats = stats;
+		stats = NULL;
+	}
+	spin_unlock_irq(&tsk->sighand->siglock);
+
+	if (stats)
+		kmem_cache_free(taskstats_cache, stats);
+ret:
+	return sig->stats;
+}
+
 /* Send pid data out on exit */
 void taskstats_exit(struct task_struct *tsk, int group_dead)
 {
@@ -433,7 +457,7 @@ void taskstats_exit(struct task_struct *tsk, int group_dead)
 	size = nla_total_size(sizeof(u32)) +
 		nla_total_size(sizeof(struct taskstats)) + nla_total_size(0);
 
-	is_thread_group = (tsk->signal->stats != NULL);
+	is_thread_group = !!taskstats_tgid_alloc(tsk);
 	if (is_thread_group) {
 		/* PID + STATS + TGID + STATS */
 		size = 2 * size;