diff --git a/kernel/fork.c b/kernel/fork.c
index 66635c80a813..eb45f1d72703 100644
--- a/kernel/fork.c
+++ b/kernel/fork.c
@@ -1817,11 +1817,6 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE1(unshare, unsigned long, unshare_flags)
 	 */
 	if (unshare_flags & CLONE_NEWUSER)
 		unshare_flags |= CLONE_THREAD | CLONE_FS;
-	/*
-	 * If unsharing a pid namespace must also unshare the thread.
-	 */
-	if (unshare_flags & CLONE_NEWPID)
-		unshare_flags |= CLONE_THREAD;
 	/*
 	 * If unsharing a thread from a thread group, must also unshare vm.
 	 */