diff --git a/arch/um/os-Linux/aio.c b/arch/um/os-Linux/aio.c
index 4158118..93dc0c8 100644
--- a/arch/um/os-Linux/aio.c
+++ b/arch/um/os-Linux/aio.c
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@
 		goto out_close_pipe;
 
 	err = run_helper_thread(not_aio_thread, NULL,
-				CLONE_FILES | CLONE_VM | SIGCHLD, &aio_stack);
+				CLONE_FILES | CLONE_VM, &aio_stack);
 	if (err < 0)
 		goto out_close_pipe;
 
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@
 	}
 
 	err = run_helper_thread(aio_thread, NULL,
-				CLONE_FILES | CLONE_VM | SIGCHLD, &aio_stack);
+				CLONE_FILES | CLONE_VM, &aio_stack);
 	if (err < 0)
 		return err;