diff --git a/kernel/livepatch/transition.c b/kernel/livepatch/transition.c
index 291b857a6e20..dc94bb9420ff 100644
--- a/kernel/livepatch/transition.c
+++ b/kernel/livepatch/transition.c
@@ -610,9 +610,23 @@ void klp_reverse_transition(void)
 /* Called from copy_process() during fork */
 void klp_copy_process(struct task_struct *child)
 {
-	child->patch_state = current->patch_state;
 
-	/* TIF_PATCH_PENDING gets copied in setup_thread_stack() */
+	/*
+	 * The parent process may have gone through a KLP transition since
+	 * the thread flag was copied in setup_thread_stack earlier. Bring
+	 * the task flag up to date with the parent here.
+	 *
+	 * The operation is serialized against all klp_*_transition()
+	 * operations by the tasklist_lock. The only exception is
+	 * klp_update_patch_state(current), but we cannot race with
+	 * that because we are current.
+	 */
+	if (test_tsk_thread_flag(current, TIF_PATCH_PENDING))
+		set_tsk_thread_flag(child, TIF_PATCH_PENDING);
+	else
+		clear_tsk_thread_flag(child, TIF_PATCH_PENDING);
+
+	child->patch_state = current->patch_state;
 }
 
 /*