diff --git a/gdb/linux-nat.c b/gdb/linux-nat.c
index 47dac59..8e62718 100644
--- a/gdb/linux-nat.c
+++ b/gdb/linux-nat.c
@@ -4248,12 +4248,14 @@ Tells gdb whether to control the GNU/Linux inferior in asynchronous mode."),
 			   &maintenance_set_cmdlist,
 			   &maintenance_show_cmdlist);
 
+#if 0
   /* Block SIGCHLD by default.  Doing this early prevents it getting
      unblocked if an exception is thrown due to an error while the
      inferior is starting (sigsetjmp/siglongjmp).  */
   sigemptyset (&mask);
   sigaddset (&mask, SIGCHLD);
   sigprocmask (SIG_BLOCK, &mask, NULL);
+#endif
 
   /* Save this mask as the default.  */
   sigprocmask (SIG_SETMASK, NULL, &normal_mask);