diff --git a/kernel/signal.c b/kernel/signal.c
index dd86841cce94..f2718350bf4b 100644
--- a/kernel/signal.c
+++ b/kernel/signal.c
@@ -288,8 +288,7 @@ bool task_set_jobctl_pending(struct task_struct *task, unsigned long mask)
 			JOBCTL_STOP_SIGMASK | JOBCTL_TRAPPING));
 	BUG_ON((mask & JOBCTL_TRAPPING) && !(mask & JOBCTL_PENDING_MASK));
 
-	if (unlikely(fatal_signal_pending(task) ||
-		     (task->flags & (PF_EXITING | PF_IO_WORKER))))
+	if (unlikely(fatal_signal_pending(task) || (task->flags & PF_EXITING)))
 		return false;
 
 	if (mask & JOBCTL_STOP_SIGMASK)