diff --git a/kernel/livepatch/core.c b/kernel/livepatch/core.c
index 67eb9f9..e1648f6 100644
--- a/kernel/livepatch/core.c
+++ b/kernel/livepatch/core.c
@@ -1189,7 +1189,7 @@ int klp_module_coming(struct module *mod)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	if (!strcmp(mod->name, "vmlinux")) {
-		pr_err("vmlinux.ko: invalid module name");
+		pr_err("vmlinux.ko: invalid module name\n");
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
diff --git a/kernel/livepatch/transition.c b/kernel/livepatch/transition.c
index 5d03a2a..30187b1 100644
--- a/kernel/livepatch/transition.c
+++ b/kernel/livepatch/transition.c
@@ -610,9 +610,23 @@ void klp_reverse_transition(void)
 /* Called from copy_process() during fork */
 void klp_copy_process(struct task_struct *child)
 {
-	child->patch_state = current->patch_state;
 
-	/* TIF_PATCH_PENDING gets copied in setup_thread_stack() */
+	/*
+	 * The parent process may have gone through a KLP transition since
+	 * the thread flag was copied in setup_thread_stack earlier. Bring
+	 * the task flag up to date with the parent here.
+	 *
+	 * The operation is serialized against all klp_*_transition()
+	 * operations by the tasklist_lock. The only exception is
+	 * klp_update_patch_state(current), but we cannot race with
+	 * that because we are current.
+	 */
+	if (test_tsk_thread_flag(current, TIF_PATCH_PENDING))
+		set_tsk_thread_flag(child, TIF_PATCH_PENDING);
+	else
+		clear_tsk_thread_flag(child, TIF_PATCH_PENDING);
+
+	child->patch_state = current->patch_state;
 }
 
 /*
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/livepatch/functions.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/livepatch/functions.sh
index 433e23dd..c8416c5 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/livepatch/functions.sh
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/livepatch/functions.sh
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@
 
 	if [[ "$result" != "$1" ]] ; then
 		if [[ $can_fail -eq 1 ]] ; then
-			echo "livepatch: $err" > /dev/kmsg
+			echo "livepatch: $err" | sed 's#/proc/sys/kernel/#kernel.#' > /dev/kmsg
 			return
 		fi