diff --git a/jobs.c b/jobs.c
index ec014d1..0175281 100644
--- a/jobs.c
+++ b/jobs.c
@@ -1043,10 +1043,11 @@ delete_job (job_index, dflags)
   if (temp == 0)
     return;

-  if ((dflags & DEL_NOBGPID) == 0)
+  if ((dflags & DEL_NOBGPID) == 0 &&
+      ((temp->flags & J_ASYNC) != 0 ||
+       (temp->flags & J_FOREGROUND) == 0))
     {
       proc = find_last_proc (job_index, 0);
-      /* Could do this just for J_ASYNC jobs, but we save all. */
       if (proc)
        bgp_add (proc->pid, process_exit_status (proc->status));
     }