diff --git a/include/linux/sched.h b/include/linux/sched.h
index 69233c7fe28d..70d87f2fd23e 100644
--- a/include/linux/sched.h
+++ b/include/linux/sched.h
@@ -170,27 +170,33 @@ print_cfs_rq(struct seq_file *m, int cpu, struct cfs_rq *cfs_rq)
 #define TASK_RUNNING		0
 #define TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE	1
 #define TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE	2
-#define TASK_STOPPED		4
-#define TASK_TRACED		8
+#define __TASK_STOPPED		4
+#define __TASK_TRACED		8
 /* in tsk->exit_state */
 #define EXIT_ZOMBIE		16
 #define EXIT_DEAD		32
 /* in tsk->state again */
 #define TASK_DEAD		64
+#define TASK_WAKEKILL		128
+
+/* Convenience macros for the sake of set_task_state */
+#define TASK_KILLABLE		(TASK_WAKEKILL | TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE)
+#define TASK_STOPPED		(TASK_WAKEKILL | __TASK_STOPPED)
+#define TASK_TRACED		(TASK_WAKEKILL | __TASK_TRACED)
 
 /* Convenience macros for the sake of wake_up */
 #define TASK_NORMAL		(TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE | TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE)
-#define TASK_ALL		(TASK_NORMAL | TASK_STOPPED | TASK_TRACED)
+#define TASK_ALL		(TASK_NORMAL | __TASK_STOPPED | __TASK_TRACED)
 
 /* get_task_state() */
 #define TASK_REPORT		(TASK_RUNNING | TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE | \
-				 TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE | TASK_STOPPED | \
-				 TASK_TRACED)
+				 TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE | __TASK_STOPPED | \
+				 __TASK_TRACED)
 
-#define task_is_traced(task)	((task->state & TASK_TRACED) != 0)
-#define task_is_stopped(task)	((task->state & TASK_STOPPED) != 0)
+#define task_is_traced(task)	((task->state & __TASK_TRACED) != 0)
+#define task_is_stopped(task)	((task->state & __TASK_STOPPED) != 0)
 #define task_is_stopped_or_traced(task)	\
-			((task->state & (TASK_STOPPED | TASK_TRACED)) != 0)
+			((task->state & (__TASK_STOPPED | __TASK_TRACED)) != 0)
 #define task_contributes_to_load(task)	\
 				((task->state & TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE) != 0)
 
diff --git a/kernel/signal.c b/kernel/signal.c
index c5a401aa715c..fd4797f30628 100644
--- a/kernel/signal.c
+++ b/kernel/signal.c
@@ -456,15 +456,15 @@ void signal_wake_up(struct task_struct *t, int resume)
 	set_tsk_thread_flag(t, TIF_SIGPENDING);
 
 	/*
-	 * For SIGKILL, we want to wake it up in the stopped/traced case.
-	 * We don't check t->state here because there is a race with it
+	 * For SIGKILL, we want to wake it up in the stopped/traced/killable
+	 * case. We don't check t->state here because there is a race with it
 	 * executing another processor and just now entering stopped state.
 	 * By using wake_up_state, we ensure the process will wake up and
 	 * handle its death signal.
 	 */
 	mask = TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE;
 	if (resume)
-		mask |= TASK_STOPPED | TASK_TRACED;
+		mask |= TASK_WAKEKILL;
 	if (!wake_up_state(t, mask))
 		kick_process(t);
 }
@@ -620,7 +620,7 @@ static void handle_stop_signal(int sig, struct task_struct *p)
 			 * Wake up the stopped thread _after_ setting
 			 * TIF_SIGPENDING
 			 */
-			state = TASK_STOPPED;
+			state = __TASK_STOPPED;
 			if (sig_user_defined(t, SIGCONT) && !sigismember(&t->blocked, SIGCONT)) {
 				set_tsk_thread_flag(t, TIF_SIGPENDING);
 				state |= TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE;