diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/kernel.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/kernel.rst
index 98d1b198b2b4..3b618a406207 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/kernel.rst
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/kernel.rst
@@ -174,6 +174,7 @@ core_pattern
 	%f      	executable filename
 	%E		executable path
 	%c		maximum size of core file by resource limit RLIMIT_CORE
+	%C		CPU the task ran on
 	%<OTHER>	both are dropped
 	========	==========================================
 
diff --git a/fs/coredump.c b/fs/coredump.c
index 7bad7785e8e6..3e8630c8d627 100644
--- a/fs/coredump.c
+++ b/fs/coredump.c
@@ -325,6 +325,10 @@ static int format_corename(struct core_name *cn, struct coredump_params *cprm,
 				err = cn_printf(cn, "%lu",
 					      rlimit(RLIMIT_CORE));
 				break;
+			/* CPU the task ran on */
+			case 'C':
+				err = cn_printf(cn, "%d", cprm->cpu);
+				break;
 			default:
 				break;
 			}
@@ -534,6 +538,7 @@ void do_coredump(const kernel_siginfo_t *siginfo)
 		 */
 		.mm_flags = mm->flags,
 		.vma_meta = NULL,
+		.cpu = raw_smp_processor_id(),
 	};
 
 	audit_core_dumps(siginfo->si_signo);
diff --git a/include/linux/coredump.h b/include/linux/coredump.h
index 08a1d3e7e46d..191dcf5af6cb 100644
--- a/include/linux/coredump.h
+++ b/include/linux/coredump.h
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ struct coredump_params {
 	struct file *file;
 	unsigned long limit;
 	unsigned long mm_flags;
+	int cpu;
 	loff_t written;
 	loff_t pos;
 	loff_t to_skip;