diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index f4706ffa9b1adf..89c614db524092 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 VERSION = 6
 PATCHLEVEL = 18
-SUBLEVEL = 30
+SUBLEVEL = 31
 EXTRAVERSION =
 NAME = Baby Opossum Posse
 
diff --git a/include/linux/sched.h b/include/linux/sched.h
index 2a540a9065dea1..5dea369fcfc968 100644
--- a/include/linux/sched.h
+++ b/include/linux/sched.h
@@ -1003,6 +1003,9 @@ struct task_struct {
 	unsigned			sched_rt_mutex:1;
 #endif
 
+	/* Save user-dumpable when mm goes away */
+	unsigned			user_dumpable:1;
+
 	/* Bit to tell TOMOYO we're in execve(): */
 	unsigned			in_execve:1;
 	unsigned			in_iowait:1;
diff --git a/kernel/exit.c b/kernel/exit.c
index c97db291c5d1cb..c832946823f488 100644
--- a/kernel/exit.c
+++ b/kernel/exit.c
@@ -572,6 +572,7 @@ static void exit_mm(void)
 	 */
 	smp_mb__after_spinlock();
 	local_irq_disable();
+	current->user_dumpable = (get_dumpable(mm) == SUID_DUMP_USER);
 	current->mm = NULL;
 	membarrier_update_current_mm(NULL);
 	enter_lazy_tlb(mm, current);
diff --git a/kernel/ptrace.c b/kernel/ptrace.c
index 75a84efad40f1d..22b8be2fc43d55 100644
--- a/kernel/ptrace.c
+++ b/kernel/ptrace.c
@@ -272,11 +272,24 @@ static bool ptrace_has_cap(struct user_namespace *ns, unsigned int mode)
 	return ns_capable(ns, CAP_SYS_PTRACE);
 }
 
+static bool task_still_dumpable(struct task_struct *task, unsigned int mode)
+{
+	struct mm_struct *mm = task->mm;
+	if (mm) {
+		if (get_dumpable(mm) == SUID_DUMP_USER)
+			return true;
+		return ptrace_has_cap(mm->user_ns, mode);
+	}
+
+	if (task->user_dumpable)
+		return true;
+	return ptrace_has_cap(&init_user_ns, mode);
+}
+
 /* Returns 0 on success, -errno on denial. */
 static int __ptrace_may_access(struct task_struct *task, unsigned int mode)
 {
 	const struct cred *cred = current_cred(), *tcred;
-	struct mm_struct *mm;
 	kuid_t caller_uid;
 	kgid_t caller_gid;
 
@@ -337,11 +350,8 @@ ok:
 	 * Pairs with a write barrier in commit_creds().
 	 */
 	smp_rmb();
-	mm = task->mm;
-	if (mm &&
-	    ((get_dumpable(mm) != SUID_DUMP_USER) &&
-	     !ptrace_has_cap(mm->user_ns, mode)))
-	    return -EPERM;
+	if (!task_still_dumpable(task, mode))
+		return -EPERM;
 
 	return security_ptrace_access_check(task, mode);
 }
