return nr;
 }
 
-static int coredump_wait(int exit_code)
+static int coredump_wait(int exit_code, struct core_state *core_state)
 {
        struct task_struct *tsk = current;
        struct mm_struct *mm = tsk->mm;
-       struct core_state core_state;
        struct completion *vfork_done;
        int core_waiters;
 
        init_completion(&mm->core_done);
-       init_completion(&core_state.startup);
-       core_waiters = zap_threads(tsk, mm, &core_state, exit_code);
+       init_completion(&core_state->startup);
+       core_waiters = zap_threads(tsk, mm, core_state, exit_code);
        up_write(&mm->mmap_sem);
 
        if (unlikely(core_waiters < 0))
        }
 
        if (core_waiters)
-               wait_for_completion(&core_state.startup);
-       mm->core_state = NULL;
+               wait_for_completion(&core_state->startup);
 fail:
        return core_waiters;
 }
 
 int do_coredump(long signr, int exit_code, struct pt_regs * regs)
 {
+       struct core_state core_state;
        char corename[CORENAME_MAX_SIZE + 1];
        struct mm_struct *mm = current->mm;
        struct linux_binfmt * binfmt;
                current->fsuid = 0;     /* Dump root private */
        }
 
-       retval = coredump_wait(exit_code);
+       retval = coredump_wait(exit_code, &core_state);
        if (retval < 0)
                goto fail;
 
 
        current->fsuid = fsuid;
        complete_all(&mm->core_done);
+       mm->core_state = NULL;
 fail:
        return retval;
 }