diff --git a/gdb/ChangeLog b/gdb/ChangeLog
index 9dd5c0b6b22..3cef0093300 100644
--- a/gdb/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2020-10-29  Tankut Baris Aktemur  <tankut.baris.aktemur@intel.com>
+
+	PR gdb/19318
+	* inferior.c (detach_inferior_command): Restore the current thread.
+	(kill_inferior_command): Ditto.
+
 2020-10-28  Tom de Vries  <tdevries@suse.de>
 
 	PR symtab/26772
diff --git a/gdb/inferior.c b/gdb/inferior.c
index f775938721d..f06c13bbca4 100644
--- a/gdb/inferior.c
+++ b/gdb/inferior.c
@@ -547,6 +547,8 @@ detach_inferior_command (const char *args, int from_tty)
   if (!args || !*args)
     error (_("Requires argument (inferior id(s) to detach)"));
 
+  scoped_restore_current_thread restore_thread;
+
   number_or_range_parser parser (args);
   while (!parser.finished ())
     {
@@ -584,6 +586,8 @@ kill_inferior_command (const char *args, int from_tty)
   if (!args || !*args)
     error (_("Requires argument (inferior id(s) to kill)"));
 
+  scoped_restore_current_thread restore_thread;
+
   number_or_range_parser parser (args);
   while (!parser.finished ())
     {
diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog b/gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog
index 24bc0d82c47..0c162bc3d8c 100644
--- a/gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2020-10-29  Tankut Baris Aktemur  <tankut.baris.aktemur@intel.com>
+
+	* gdb.base/kill-detach-inferiors-cmd.exp: Check that 'kill
+	inferiors' and 'detach inferiors' do not change the current
+	inferior.
+
 2020-10-29  Tom de Vries  <tdevries@suse.de>
 
 	* gdb.threads/tls.exp: Fix DUPLICATEs.
diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/kill-detach-inferiors-cmd.exp b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/kill-detach-inferiors-cmd.exp
index 82e0c712c8f..06887601de4 100644
--- a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/kill-detach-inferiors-cmd.exp
+++ b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/kill-detach-inferiors-cmd.exp
@@ -46,9 +46,11 @@ gdb_test "attach $test_pid" "Attaching to process.*" "attach to pid"
 
 # Kill the first two inferiors, and detach the third.
 gdb_test_no_output "kill inferiors 1 2"
+gdb_test "info inferiors 3" "\r\n\\* 3 \[^\r\n\]+" "inf 3 is still current"
 gdb_test "inferior 1" "Switching to inferior 1.*"
 gdb_test "kill" "The program is not being run.*"
 gdb_test "detach inferiors 3" "Detaching from program.*process $test_pid.*"
+gdb_test "info inferiors 1" "\r\n\\* 1 \[^\r\n\]+" "inf 1 is still current"
 
 # No inferiors should be running anymore.
 gdb_test "kill inferiors 1 2 3" \