diff --git a/linux-user/signal.c b/linux-user/signal.c
index 5bb399e16b..a849f26ed7 100644
--- a/linux-user/signal.c
+++ b/linux-user/signal.c
@@ -448,6 +448,10 @@ static void QEMU_NORETURN force_sig(int target_sig)
     host_sig = target_to_host_signal(target_sig);
     gdb_signalled(env, target_sig);
 
+    if (target_sig == 6) {
+        goto no_core;
+    }
+
     /* dump core if supported by target binary format */
     if (core_dump_signal(target_sig) && (ts->bprm->core_dump != NULL)) {
         stop_all_tasks();
@@ -465,6 +469,8 @@ static void QEMU_NORETURN force_sig(int target_sig)
             target_sig, strsignal(host_sig), "core dumped" );
     }
 
+no_core:
+
     /* The proper exit code for dying from an uncaught signal is
      * -<signal>.  The kernel doesn't allow exit() or _exit() to pass
      * a negative value.  To get the proper exit code we need to