diff --git a/arch/alpha/kernel/signal.c b/arch/alpha/kernel/signal.c
index bb45a8813393fd..48c4df2389ac04 100644
--- a/arch/alpha/kernel/signal.c
+++ b/arch/alpha/kernel/signal.c
@@ -226,7 +226,6 @@ do_sigreturn(struct sigcontext __user *sc, struct pt_regs *regs,
 	if (__get_user(set.sig[0], &sc->sc_mask))
 		goto give_sigsegv;
 
-	sigdelsetmask(&set, ~_BLOCKABLE);
 	set_current_blocked(&set);
 
 	if (restore_sigcontext(sc, regs, sw))
@@ -261,7 +260,6 @@ do_rt_sigreturn(struct rt_sigframe __user *frame, struct pt_regs *regs,
 	if (__copy_from_user(&set, &frame->uc.uc_sigmask, sizeof(set)))
 		goto give_sigsegv;
 
-	sigdelsetmask(&set, ~_BLOCKABLE);
 	set_current_blocked(&set);
 
 	if (restore_sigcontext(&frame->uc.uc_mcontext, regs, sw))
diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/signal.c b/arch/arm/kernel/signal.c
index 7f9abd75fc2e3c..c126eba8411d06 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/signal.c
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/signal.c
@@ -22,8 +22,6 @@
 
 #include "signal.h"
 
-#define _BLOCKABLE (~(sigmask(SIGKILL) | sigmask(SIGSTOP)))
-
 /*
  * For ARM syscalls, we encode the syscall number into the instruction.
  */
@@ -210,10 +208,8 @@ static int restore_sigframe(struct pt_regs *regs, struct sigframe __user *sf)
 	int err;
 
 	err = __copy_from_user(&set, &sf->uc.uc_sigmask, sizeof(set));
-	if (err == 0) {
-		sigdelsetmask(&set, ~_BLOCKABLE);
+	if (err == 0)
 		set_current_blocked(&set);
-	}
 
 	__get_user_error(regs->ARM_r0, &sf->uc.uc_mcontext.arm_r0, err);
 	__get_user_error(regs->ARM_r1, &sf->uc.uc_mcontext.arm_r1, err);
diff --git a/arch/avr32/kernel/signal.c b/arch/avr32/kernel/signal.c
index 3ac1a60f9eb628..e883fa5eb84511 100644
--- a/arch/avr32/kernel/signal.c
+++ b/arch/avr32/kernel/signal.c
@@ -22,8 +22,6 @@
 #include <asm/ucontext.h>
 #include <asm/syscalls.h>
 
-#define _BLOCKABLE (~(sigmask(SIGKILL) | sigmask(SIGSTOP)))
-
 asmlinkage int sys_sigaltstack(const stack_t __user *uss, stack_t __user *uoss,
 			       struct pt_regs *regs)
 {
@@ -89,7 +87,6 @@ asmlinkage int sys_rt_sigreturn(struct pt_regs *regs)
 	if (__copy_from_user(&set, &frame->uc.uc_sigmask, sizeof(set)))
 		goto badframe;
 
-	sigdelsetmask(&set, ~_BLOCKABLE);
 	set_current_blocked(&set);
 
 	if (restore_sigcontext(regs, &frame->uc.uc_mcontext))
diff --git a/arch/blackfin/kernel/signal.c b/arch/blackfin/kernel/signal.c
index b20d435d084ae3..46361264382144 100644
--- a/arch/blackfin/kernel/signal.c
+++ b/arch/blackfin/kernel/signal.c
@@ -19,8 +19,6 @@
 #include <asm/fixed_code.h>
 #include <asm/syscall.h>
 
-#define _BLOCKABLE (~(sigmask(SIGKILL) | sigmask(SIGSTOP)))
-
 /* Location of the trace bit in SYSCFG. */
 #define TRACE_BITS 0x0001
 
@@ -98,7 +96,6 @@ asmlinkage int do_rt_sigreturn(unsigned long __unused)
 	if (__copy_from_user(&set, &frame->uc.uc_sigmask, sizeof(set)))
 		goto badframe;
 
-	sigdelsetmask(&set, ~_BLOCKABLE);
 	set_current_blocked(&set);
 
 	if (rt_restore_sigcontext(regs, &frame->uc.uc_mcontext, &r0))
diff --git a/arch/c6x/kernel/signal.c b/arch/c6x/kernel/signal.c
index d599a7fb5d2442..eb1b3086ae006e 100644
--- a/arch/c6x/kernel/signal.c
+++ b/arch/c6x/kernel/signal.c
@@ -20,8 +20,6 @@
 #include <asm/cacheflush.h>
 
 
-#define _BLOCKABLE (~(sigmask(SIGKILL) | sigmask(SIGSTOP)))
-
 /*
  * Do a signal return, undo the signal stack.
  */
@@ -87,7 +85,6 @@ asmlinkage int do_rt_sigreturn(struct pt_regs *regs)
 	if (__copy_from_user(&set, &frame->uc.uc_sigmask, sizeof(set)))
 		goto badframe;
 
-	sigdelsetmask(&set, ~_BLOCKABLE);
 	set_current_blocked(&set);
 
 	if (restore_sigcontext(regs, &frame->uc.uc_mcontext))
diff --git a/arch/cris/arch-v10/kernel/signal.c b/arch/cris/arch-v10/kernel/signal.c
index 46c8ca605e4ddf..cf6380cb9a57a0 100644
--- a/arch/cris/arch-v10/kernel/signal.c
+++ b/arch/cris/arch-v10/kernel/signal.c
@@ -31,8 +31,6 @@
 
 #define DEBUG_SIG 0
 
-#define _BLOCKABLE (~(sigmask(SIGKILL) | sigmask(SIGSTOP)))
-
 /* a syscall in Linux/CRIS is a break 13 instruction which is 2 bytes */
 /* manipulate regs so that upon return, it will be re-executed */
 
@@ -176,7 +174,6 @@ asmlinkage int sys_sigreturn(long r10, long r11, long r12, long r13, long mof,
 				    sizeof(frame->extramask))))
 		goto badframe;
 
-	sigdelsetmask(&set, ~_BLOCKABLE);
 	set_current_blocked(&set);
 
 	if (restore_sigcontext(regs, &frame->sc))
@@ -212,7 +209,6 @@ asmlinkage int sys_rt_sigreturn(long r10, long r11, long r12, long r13,
 	if (__copy_from_user(&set, &frame->uc.uc_sigmask, sizeof(set)))
 		goto badframe;
 
-	sigdelsetmask(&set, ~_BLOCKABLE);
 	set_current_blocked(&set);
 
 	if (restore_sigcontext(regs, &frame->uc.uc_mcontext))
diff --git a/arch/cris/arch-v32/kernel/signal.c b/arch/cris/arch-v32/kernel/signal.c
index e0431328b7cdf8..07b81ee09f65cc 100644
--- a/arch/cris/arch-v32/kernel/signal.c
+++ b/arch/cris/arch-v32/kernel/signal.c
@@ -24,9 +24,6 @@
 
 extern unsigned long cris_signal_return_page;
 
-/* Flag to check if a signal is blockable. */
-#define _BLOCKABLE (~(sigmask(SIGKILL) | sigmask(SIGSTOP)))
-
 /*
  * A syscall in CRIS is really a "break 13" instruction, which is 2
  * bytes. The registers is manipulated so upon return the instruction
@@ -167,7 +164,6 @@ sys_sigreturn(long r10, long r11, long r12, long r13, long mof, long srp,
 						 sizeof(frame->extramask))))
 		goto badframe;
 
-	sigdelsetmask(&set, ~_BLOCKABLE);
 	set_current_blocked(&set);
 
 	if (restore_sigcontext(regs, &frame->sc))
@@ -208,7 +204,6 @@ sys_rt_sigreturn(long r10, long r11, long r12, long r13, long mof, long srp,
 	if (__copy_from_user(&set, &frame->uc.uc_sigmask, sizeof(set)))
 		goto badframe;
 
-	sigdelsetmask(&set, ~_BLOCKABLE);
 	set_current_blocked(&set);
 
 	if (restore_sigcontext(regs, &frame->uc.uc_mcontext))
diff --git a/arch/frv/kernel/signal.c b/arch/frv/kernel/signal.c
index 9ec3d2e27b4c23..511285fa246132 100644
--- a/arch/frv/kernel/signal.c
+++ b/arch/frv/kernel/signal.c
@@ -28,8 +28,6 @@
 
 #define DEBUG_SIG 0
 
-#define _BLOCKABLE (~(sigmask(SIGKILL) | sigmask(SIGSTOP)))
-
 struct fdpic_func_descriptor {
 	unsigned long	text;
 	unsigned long	GOT;
@@ -149,7 +147,6 @@ asmlinkage int sys_sigreturn(void)
 	    __copy_from_user(&set.sig[1], &frame->extramask, sizeof(frame->extramask)))
 		goto badframe;
 
-	sigdelsetmask(&set, ~_BLOCKABLE);
 	set_current_blocked(&set);
 
 	if (restore_sigcontext(&frame->sc, &gr8))
@@ -172,7 +169,6 @@ asmlinkage int sys_rt_sigreturn(void)
 	if (__copy_from_user(&set, &frame->uc.uc_sigmask, sizeof(set)))
 		goto badframe;
 
-	sigdelsetmask(&set, ~_BLOCKABLE);
 	set_current_blocked(&set);
 
 	if (restore_sigcontext(&frame->uc.uc_mcontext, &gr8))
diff --git a/arch/h8300/kernel/signal.c b/arch/h8300/kernel/signal.c
index 8fbfc39574f5ac..aa6f0966691547 100644
--- a/arch/h8300/kernel/signal.c
+++ b/arch/h8300/kernel/signal.c
@@ -47,8 +47,6 @@
 #include <asm/traps.h>
 #include <asm/ucontext.h>
 
-#define _BLOCKABLE (~(sigmask(SIGKILL) | sigmask(SIGSTOP)))
-
 /*
  * Atomically swap in the new signal mask, and wait for a signal.
  */
@@ -186,7 +184,6 @@ asmlinkage int do_sigreturn(unsigned long __unused,...)
 			      sizeof(frame->extramask))))
 		goto badframe;
 
-	sigdelsetmask(&set, ~_BLOCKABLE);
 	set_current_blocked(&set);
 	
 	if (restore_sigcontext(regs, &frame->sc, &er0))
@@ -211,7 +208,6 @@ asmlinkage int do_rt_sigreturn(unsigned long __unused,...)
 	if (__copy_from_user(&set, &frame->uc.uc_sigmask, sizeof(set)))
 		goto badframe;
 
-	sigdelsetmask(&set, ~_BLOCKABLE);
 	set_current_blocked(&set);
 	
 	if (restore_sigcontext(regs, &frame->uc.uc_mcontext, &er0))
diff --git a/arch/hexagon/kernel/signal.c b/arch/hexagon/kernel/signal.c
index c9caf7401191d2..439f11a3a8ef9c 100644
--- a/arch/hexagon/kernel/signal.c
+++ b/arch/hexagon/kernel/signal.c
@@ -31,8 +31,6 @@
 #include <asm/signal.h>
 #include <asm/vdso.h>
 
-#define _BLOCKABLE (~(sigmask(SIGKILL) | sigmask(SIGSTOP)))
-
 struct rt_sigframe {
 	unsigned long tramp[2];
 	struct siginfo info;
@@ -273,7 +271,6 @@ asmlinkage int sys_rt_sigreturn(void)
 	if (__copy_from_user(&blocked, &frame->uc.uc_sigmask, sizeof(blocked)))
 		goto badframe;
 
-	sigdelsetmask(&blocked, ~_BLOCKABLE);
 	set_current_blocked(&blocked);
 
 	if (restore_sigcontext(regs, &frame->uc.uc_mcontext))
diff --git a/arch/ia64/kernel/signal.c b/arch/ia64/kernel/signal.c
index dc6fe6573465c3..c4041c76c07d61 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/kernel/signal.c
+++ b/arch/ia64/kernel/signal.c
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@
 
 #define DEBUG_SIG	0
 #define STACK_ALIGN	16		/* minimal alignment for stack pointer */
-#define _BLOCKABLE	(~(sigmask(SIGKILL) | sigmask(SIGSTOP)))
 
 #if _NSIG_WORDS > 1
 # define PUT_SIGSET(k,u)	__copy_to_user((u)->sig, (k)->sig, sizeof(sigset_t))
@@ -200,7 +199,6 @@ ia64_rt_sigreturn (struct sigscratch *scr)
 	if (GET_SIGSET(&set, &sc->sc_mask))
 		goto give_sigsegv;
 
-	sigdelsetmask(&set, ~_BLOCKABLE);
 	set_current_blocked(&set);
 
 	if (restore_sigcontext(sc, scr))
diff --git a/arch/m32r/kernel/signal.c b/arch/m32r/kernel/signal.c
index 7cbfa639fbfa3b..07f9032576c087 100644
--- a/arch/m32r/kernel/signal.c
+++ b/arch/m32r/kernel/signal.c
@@ -28,8 +28,6 @@
 
 #define DEBUG_SIG 0
 
-#define _BLOCKABLE (~(sigmask(SIGKILL) | sigmask(SIGSTOP)))
-
 asmlinkage int
 sys_sigaltstack(const stack_t __user *uss, stack_t __user *uoss,
 		unsigned long r2, unsigned long r3, unsigned long r4,
@@ -111,7 +109,6 @@ sys_rt_sigreturn(unsigned long r0, unsigned long r1,
 	if (__copy_from_user(&set, &frame->uc.uc_sigmask, sizeof(set)))
 		goto badframe;
 
-	sigdelsetmask(&set, ~_BLOCKABLE);
 	set_current_blocked(&set);
 
 	if (restore_sigcontext(regs, &frame->uc.uc_mcontext, &result))
diff --git a/arch/m68k/kernel/signal.c b/arch/m68k/kernel/signal.c
index 6dbee8a167a596..c00caad215a6f0 100644
--- a/arch/m68k/kernel/signal.c
+++ b/arch/m68k/kernel/signal.c
@@ -51,8 +51,6 @@
 #include <asm/traps.h>
 #include <asm/ucontext.h>
 
-#define _BLOCKABLE (~(sigmask(SIGKILL) | sigmask(SIGSTOP)))
-
 #ifdef CONFIG_MMU
 
 /*
@@ -795,7 +793,6 @@ asmlinkage int do_sigreturn(unsigned long __unused)
 			      sizeof(frame->extramask))))
 		goto badframe;
 
-	sigdelsetmask(&set, ~_BLOCKABLE);
 	set_current_blocked(&set);
 
 	if (restore_sigcontext(regs, &frame->sc, frame + 1))
@@ -820,7 +817,6 @@ asmlinkage int do_rt_sigreturn(unsigned long __unused)
 	if (__copy_from_user(&set, &frame->uc.uc_sigmask, sizeof(set)))
 		goto badframe;
 
-	sigdelsetmask(&set, ~_BLOCKABLE);
 	set_current_blocked(&set);
 
 	if (rt_restore_ucontext(regs, sw, &frame->uc))
diff --git a/arch/microblaze/kernel/signal.c b/arch/microblaze/kernel/signal.c
index 03641199666e4a..c662e68671a205 100644
--- a/arch/microblaze/kernel/signal.c
+++ b/arch/microblaze/kernel/signal.c
@@ -41,8 +41,6 @@
 #include <asm/cacheflush.h>
 #include <asm/syscalls.h>
 
-#define _BLOCKABLE (~(sigmask(SIGKILL) | sigmask(SIGSTOP)))
-
 asmlinkage long
 sys_sigaltstack(const stack_t __user *uss, stack_t __user *uoss,
 		struct pt_regs *regs)
@@ -106,7 +104,6 @@ asmlinkage long sys_rt_sigreturn(struct pt_regs *regs)
 	if (__copy_from_user(&set, &frame->uc.uc_sigmask, sizeof(set)))
 		goto badframe;
 
-	sigdelsetmask(&set, ~_BLOCKABLE);
 	set_current_blocked(&set);
 
 	if (restore_sigcontext(regs, &frame->uc.uc_mcontext, &rval))
diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/signal-common.h b/arch/mips/kernel/signal-common.h
index 10263b405981f0..9c60d09e62a715 100644
--- a/arch/mips/kernel/signal-common.h
+++ b/arch/mips/kernel/signal-common.h
@@ -19,8 +19,6 @@
 #  define DEBUGP(fmt, args...)
 #endif
 
-#define _BLOCKABLE (~(sigmask(SIGKILL) | sigmask(SIGSTOP)))
-
 /*
  * Determine which stack to use..
  */
diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/signal.c b/arch/mips/kernel/signal.c
index 896165757e6fb6..02e0cba24f82fc 100644
--- a/arch/mips/kernel/signal.c
+++ b/arch/mips/kernel/signal.c
@@ -339,7 +339,6 @@ asmlinkage void sys_sigreturn(nabi_no_regargs struct pt_regs regs)
 	if (__copy_from_user(&blocked, &frame->sf_mask, sizeof(blocked)))
 		goto badframe;
 
-	sigdelsetmask(&blocked, ~_BLOCKABLE);
 	set_current_blocked(&blocked);
 
 	sig = restore_sigcontext(&regs, &frame->sf_sc);
@@ -375,7 +374,6 @@ asmlinkage void sys_rt_sigreturn(nabi_no_regargs struct pt_regs regs)
 	if (__copy_from_user(&set, &frame->rs_uc.uc_sigmask, sizeof(set)))
 		goto badframe;
 
-	sigdelsetmask(&set, ~_BLOCKABLE);
 	set_current_blocked(&set);
 
 	sig = restore_sigcontext(&regs, &frame->rs_uc.uc_mcontext);
diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/signal32.c b/arch/mips/kernel/signal32.c
index b4fe2eacbd5d25..da1b56a39ac778 100644
--- a/arch/mips/kernel/signal32.c
+++ b/arch/mips/kernel/signal32.c
@@ -465,7 +465,6 @@ asmlinkage void sys32_sigreturn(nabi_no_regargs struct pt_regs regs)
 	if (__copy_conv_sigset_from_user(&blocked, &frame->sf_mask))
 		goto badframe;
 
-	sigdelsetmask(&blocked, ~_BLOCKABLE);
 	set_current_blocked(&blocked);
 
 	sig = restore_sigcontext32(&regs, &frame->sf_sc);
@@ -503,7 +502,6 @@ asmlinkage void sys32_rt_sigreturn(nabi_no_regargs struct pt_regs regs)
 	if (__copy_conv_sigset_from_user(&set, &frame->rs_uc.uc_sigmask))
 		goto badframe;
 
-	sigdelsetmask(&set, ~_BLOCKABLE);
 	set_current_blocked(&set);
 
 	sig = restore_sigcontext32(&regs, &frame->rs_uc.uc_mcontext);
diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/signal_n32.c b/arch/mips/kernel/signal_n32.c
index 63ffac9af7c5b6..3574c145511be4 100644
--- a/arch/mips/kernel/signal_n32.c
+++ b/arch/mips/kernel/signal_n32.c
@@ -109,7 +109,6 @@ asmlinkage void sysn32_rt_sigreturn(nabi_no_regargs struct pt_regs regs)
 	if (__copy_conv_sigset_from_user(&set, &frame->rs_uc.uc_sigmask))
 		goto badframe;
 
-	sigdelsetmask(&set, ~_BLOCKABLE);
 	set_current_blocked(&set);
 
 	sig = restore_sigcontext(&regs, &frame->rs_uc.uc_mcontext);
diff --git a/arch/mn10300/kernel/signal.c b/arch/mn10300/kernel/signal.c
index d57013e06ea0dc..4f6d20763061ff 100644
--- a/arch/mn10300/kernel/signal.c
+++ b/arch/mn10300/kernel/signal.c
@@ -31,8 +31,6 @@
 
 #define DEBUG_SIG 0
 
-#define _BLOCKABLE (~(sigmask(SIGKILL) | sigmask(SIGSTOP)))
-
 /*
  * atomically swap in the new signal mask, and wait for a signal.
  */
@@ -163,7 +161,6 @@ asmlinkage long sys_sigreturn(void)
 			     sizeof(frame->extramask)))
 		goto badframe;
 
-	sigdelsetmask(&set, ~_BLOCKABLE);
 	set_current_blocked(&set);
 
 	if (restore_sigcontext(current_frame(), &frame->sc, &d0))
@@ -191,7 +188,6 @@ asmlinkage long sys_rt_sigreturn(void)
 	if (__copy_from_user(&set, &frame->uc.uc_sigmask, sizeof(set)))
 		goto badframe;
 
-	sigdelsetmask(&set, ~_BLOCKABLE);
 	set_current_blocked(&set);
 
 	if (restore_sigcontext(current_frame(), &frame->uc.uc_mcontext, &d0))
diff --git a/arch/openrisc/kernel/signal.c b/arch/openrisc/kernel/signal.c
index aa1105c1618f4e..53972b7260b793 100644
--- a/arch/openrisc/kernel/signal.c
+++ b/arch/openrisc/kernel/signal.c
@@ -33,8 +33,6 @@
 
 #define DEBUG_SIG 0
 
-#define _BLOCKABLE (~(sigmask(SIGKILL) | sigmask(SIGSTOP)))
-
 asmlinkage long
 _sys_sigaltstack(const stack_t *uss, stack_t *uoss, struct pt_regs *regs)
 {
@@ -101,7 +99,6 @@ asmlinkage long _sys_rt_sigreturn(struct pt_regs *regs)
 	if (__copy_from_user(&set, &frame->uc.uc_sigmask, sizeof(set)))
 		goto badframe;
 
-	sigdelsetmask(&set, ~_BLOCKABLE);
 	set_current_blocked(&set);
 
 	if (restore_sigcontext(regs, &frame->uc.uc_mcontext))
diff --git a/arch/parisc/kernel/signal.c b/arch/parisc/kernel/signal.c
index 7f3c8f2c962d1a..25161eaf720da0 100644
--- a/arch/parisc/kernel/signal.c
+++ b/arch/parisc/kernel/signal.c
@@ -48,9 +48,6 @@
 #define DBG(LEVEL, ...)
 #endif
 	
-
-#define _BLOCKABLE (~(sigmask(SIGKILL) | sigmask(SIGSTOP)))
-
 /* gcc will complain if a pointer is cast to an integer of different
  * size.  If you really need to do this (and we do for an ELF32 user
  * application in an ELF64 kernel) then you have to do a cast to an
@@ -131,7 +128,6 @@ sys_rt_sigreturn(struct pt_regs *regs, int in_syscall)
 			goto give_sigsegv;
 	}
 		
-	sigdelsetmask(&set, ~_BLOCKABLE);
 	set_current_blocked(&set);
 
 	/* Good thing we saved the old gr[30], eh? */
diff --git a/arch/parisc/kernel/signal32.c b/arch/parisc/kernel/signal32.c
index e1413243076241..fd49aeda9eb8b0 100644
--- a/arch/parisc/kernel/signal32.c
+++ b/arch/parisc/kernel/signal32.c
@@ -47,8 +47,6 @@
 #define DBG(LEVEL, ...)
 #endif
 
-#define _BLOCKABLE (~(sigmask(SIGKILL) | sigmask(SIGSTOP)))
-
 inline void
 sigset_32to64(sigset_t *s64, compat_sigset_t *s32)
 {
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/signal.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/signal.c
index d926d2e4611a8b..3a3413c049c3cb 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/signal.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/signal.c
@@ -57,7 +57,6 @@ void __user * get_sigframe(struct k_sigaction *ka, struct pt_regs *regs,
  */
 void restore_sigmask(sigset_t *set)
 {
-	sigdelsetmask(set, ~_BLOCKABLE);
 	set_current_blocked(set);
 }
 
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/signal.h b/arch/powerpc/kernel/signal.h
index 8dde973aaaf513..11439ea18ed4f2 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/signal.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/signal.h
@@ -10,8 +10,6 @@
 #ifndef _POWERPC_ARCH_SIGNAL_H
 #define _POWERPC_ARCH_SIGNAL_H
 
-#define _BLOCKABLE (~(sigmask(SIGKILL) | sigmask(SIGSTOP)))
-
 extern void do_notify_resume(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned long thread_info_flags);
 
 extern void __user * get_sigframe(struct k_sigaction *ka, struct pt_regs *regs,
diff --git a/arch/s390/kernel/compat_signal.c b/arch/s390/kernel/compat_signal.c
index 233db1d68eee75..923baa96c0b025 100644
--- a/arch/s390/kernel/compat_signal.c
+++ b/arch/s390/kernel/compat_signal.c
@@ -32,8 +32,6 @@
 #include "compat_ptrace.h"
 #include "entry.h"
 
-#define _BLOCKABLE (~(sigmask(SIGKILL) | sigmask(SIGSTOP)))
-
 typedef struct 
 {
 	__u8 callee_used_stack[__SIGNAL_FRAMESIZE32];
@@ -364,7 +362,6 @@ asmlinkage long sys32_sigreturn(void)
 		goto badframe;
 	if (__copy_from_user(&set.sig, &frame->sc.oldmask, _SIGMASK_COPY_SIZE32))
 		goto badframe;
-	sigdelsetmask(&set, ~_BLOCKABLE);
 	set_current_blocked(&set);
 	if (restore_sigregs32(regs, &frame->sregs))
 		goto badframe;
@@ -390,7 +387,6 @@ asmlinkage long sys32_rt_sigreturn(void)
 		goto badframe;
 	if (__copy_from_user(&set, &frame->uc.uc_sigmask, sizeof(set)))
 		goto badframe;
-	sigdelsetmask(&set, ~_BLOCKABLE);
 	set_current_blocked(&set);
 	if (restore_sigregs32(regs, &frame->uc.uc_mcontext))
 		goto badframe;
diff --git a/arch/s390/kernel/signal.c b/arch/s390/kernel/signal.c
index 7f9a862a161aa0..8332a6943384b2 100644
--- a/arch/s390/kernel/signal.c
+++ b/arch/s390/kernel/signal.c
@@ -33,9 +33,6 @@
 #include <asm/switch_to.h>
 #include "entry.h"
 
-#define _BLOCKABLE (~(sigmask(SIGKILL) | sigmask(SIGSTOP)))
-
-
 typedef struct 
 {
 	__u8 callee_used_stack[__SIGNAL_FRAMESIZE];
@@ -169,7 +166,6 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE0(sigreturn)
 		goto badframe;
 	if (__copy_from_user(&set.sig, &frame->sc.oldmask, _SIGMASK_COPY_SIZE))
 		goto badframe;
-	sigdelsetmask(&set, ~_BLOCKABLE);
 	set_current_blocked(&set);
 	if (restore_sigregs(regs, &frame->sregs))
 		goto badframe;
@@ -189,7 +185,6 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE0(rt_sigreturn)
 		goto badframe;
 	if (__copy_from_user(&set.sig, &frame->uc.uc_sigmask, sizeof(set)))
 		goto badframe;
-	sigdelsetmask(&set, ~_BLOCKABLE);
 	set_current_blocked(&set);
 	if (restore_sigregs(regs, &frame->uc.uc_mcontext))
 		goto badframe;
diff --git a/arch/score/kernel/signal.c b/arch/score/kernel/signal.c
index 13e0eed0e30192..f1b3fef0907b44 100644
--- a/arch/score/kernel/signal.c
+++ b/arch/score/kernel/signal.c
@@ -34,8 +34,6 @@
 #include <asm/syscalls.h>
 #include <asm/ucontext.h>
 
-#define _BLOCKABLE (~(sigmask(SIGKILL) | sigmask(SIGSTOP)))
-
 struct rt_sigframe {
 	u32 rs_ass[4];		/* argument save space */
 	u32 rs_code[2];		/* signal trampoline */
@@ -162,7 +160,6 @@ score_rt_sigreturn(struct pt_regs *regs)
 	if (__copy_from_user(&set, &frame->rs_uc.uc_sigmask, sizeof(set)))
 		goto badframe;
 
-	sigdelsetmask(&set, ~_BLOCKABLE);
 	set_current_blocked(&set);
 
 	sig = restore_sigcontext(regs, &frame->rs_uc.uc_mcontext);
diff --git a/arch/sh/kernel/signal_32.c b/arch/sh/kernel/signal_32.c
index 2675a97f374fc1..e4a531414e1998 100644
--- a/arch/sh/kernel/signal_32.c
+++ b/arch/sh/kernel/signal_32.c
@@ -32,8 +32,6 @@
 #include <asm/syscalls.h>
 #include <asm/fpu.h>
 
-#define _BLOCKABLE (~(sigmask(SIGKILL) | sigmask(SIGSTOP)))
-
 struct fdpic_func_descriptor {
 	unsigned long	text;
 	unsigned long	GOT;
@@ -226,7 +224,6 @@ asmlinkage int sys_sigreturn(unsigned long r4, unsigned long r5,
 				    sizeof(frame->extramask))))
 		goto badframe;
 
-	sigdelsetmask(&set, ~_BLOCKABLE);
 	set_current_blocked(&set);
 
 	if (restore_sigcontext(regs, &frame->sc, &r0))
@@ -256,7 +253,6 @@ asmlinkage int sys_rt_sigreturn(unsigned long r4, unsigned long r5,
 	if (__copy_from_user(&set, &frame->uc.uc_sigmask, sizeof(set)))
 		goto badframe;
 
-	sigdelsetmask(&set, ~_BLOCKABLE);
 	set_current_blocked(&set);
 
 	if (restore_sigcontext(regs, &frame->uc.uc_mcontext, &r0))
diff --git a/arch/sh/kernel/signal_64.c b/arch/sh/kernel/signal_64.c
index 7075c63bfc6f34..75960ef6c1d1b9 100644
--- a/arch/sh/kernel/signal_64.c
+++ b/arch/sh/kernel/signal_64.c
@@ -41,8 +41,6 @@
 
 #define DEBUG_SIG 0
 
-#define _BLOCKABLE (~(sigmask(SIGKILL) | sigmask(SIGSTOP)))
-
 static void
 handle_signal(unsigned long sig, siginfo_t *info, struct k_sigaction *ka,
 		struct pt_regs * regs);
@@ -330,7 +328,6 @@ asmlinkage int sys_sigreturn(unsigned long r2, unsigned long r3,
 				    sizeof(frame->extramask))))
 		goto badframe;
 
-	sigdelsetmask(&set, ~_BLOCKABLE);
 	set_current_blocked(&set);
 
 	if (restore_sigcontext(regs, &frame->sc, &ret))
@@ -363,7 +360,6 @@ asmlinkage int sys_rt_sigreturn(unsigned long r2, unsigned long r3,
 	if (__copy_from_user(&set, &frame->uc.uc_sigmask, sizeof(set)))
 		goto badframe;
 
-	sigdelsetmask(&set, ~_BLOCKABLE);
 	set_current_blocked(&set);
 
 	if (restore_sigcontext(regs, &frame->uc.uc_mcontext, &ret))
diff --git a/arch/sparc/kernel/signal32.c b/arch/sparc/kernel/signal32.c
index 8c93c00922a799..ba3dbfcdb28e19 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/kernel/signal32.c
+++ b/arch/sparc/kernel/signal32.c
@@ -32,8 +32,6 @@
 
 #include "sigutil.h"
 
-#define _BLOCKABLE (~(sigmask(SIGKILL) | sigmask(SIGSTOP)))
-
 /* This magic should be in g_upper[0] for all upper parts
  * to be valid.
  */
@@ -274,7 +272,6 @@ void do_sigreturn32(struct pt_regs *regs)
 		case 2: set.sig[1] = seta[2] + (((long)seta[3]) << 32);
 		case 1: set.sig[0] = seta[0] + (((long)seta[1]) << 32);
 	}
-	sigdelsetmask(&set, ~_BLOCKABLE);
 	set_current_blocked(&set);
 	return;
 
@@ -376,7 +373,6 @@ asmlinkage void do_rt_sigreturn32(struct pt_regs *regs)
 		case 2: set.sig[1] = seta.sig[2] + (((long)seta.sig[3]) << 32);
 		case 1: set.sig[0] = seta.sig[0] + (((long)seta.sig[1]) << 32);
 	}
-	sigdelsetmask(&set, ~_BLOCKABLE);
 	set_current_blocked(&set);
 	return;
 segv:
diff --git a/arch/sparc/kernel/signal_32.c b/arch/sparc/kernel/signal_32.c
index f6722427203dec..1bfa854be602a7 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/kernel/signal_32.c
+++ b/arch/sparc/kernel/signal_32.c
@@ -29,8 +29,6 @@
 
 #include "sigutil.h"
 
-#define _BLOCKABLE (~(sigmask(SIGKILL) | sigmask(SIGSTOP)))
-
 extern void fpsave(unsigned long *fpregs, unsigned long *fsr,
 		   void *fpqueue, unsigned long *fpqdepth);
 extern void fpload(unsigned long *fpregs, unsigned long *fsr);
@@ -130,7 +128,6 @@ asmlinkage void do_sigreturn(struct pt_regs *regs)
 	if (err)
 		goto segv_and_exit;
 
-	sigdelsetmask(&set, ~_BLOCKABLE);
 	set_current_blocked(&set);
 	return;
 
@@ -197,7 +194,6 @@ asmlinkage void do_rt_sigreturn(struct pt_regs *regs)
 			goto segv;
 	}
 
-	sigdelsetmask(&set, ~_BLOCKABLE);
 	set_current_blocked(&set);
 	return;
 segv:
diff --git a/arch/sparc/kernel/signal_64.c b/arch/sparc/kernel/signal_64.c
index febbc4b697ba8a..23b60caa6c4358 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/kernel/signal_64.c
+++ b/arch/sparc/kernel/signal_64.c
@@ -38,8 +38,6 @@
 #include "systbls.h"
 #include "sigutil.h"
 
-#define _BLOCKABLE (~(sigmask(SIGKILL) | sigmask(SIGSTOP)))
-
 /* {set, get}context() needed for 64-bit SparcLinux userland. */
 asmlinkage void sparc64_set_context(struct pt_regs *regs)
 {
@@ -71,7 +69,6 @@ asmlinkage void sparc64_set_context(struct pt_regs *regs)
 			if (__copy_from_user(&set, &ucp->uc_sigmask, sizeof(sigset_t)))
 				goto do_sigsegv;
 		}
-		sigdelsetmask(&set, ~_BLOCKABLE);
 		set_current_blocked(&set);
 	}
 	if (test_thread_flag(TIF_32BIT)) {
@@ -315,7 +312,6 @@ void do_rt_sigreturn(struct pt_regs *regs)
 	/* Prevent syscall restart.  */
 	pt_regs_clear_syscall(regs);
 
-	sigdelsetmask(&set, ~_BLOCKABLE);
 	set_current_blocked(&set);
 	return;
 segv:
diff --git a/arch/tile/kernel/compat_signal.c b/arch/tile/kernel/compat_signal.c
index cdef6e5ec022cd..474571b8408584 100644
--- a/arch/tile/kernel/compat_signal.c
+++ b/arch/tile/kernel/compat_signal.c
@@ -118,8 +118,6 @@ struct compat_rt_sigframe {
 	struct compat_ucontext uc;
 };
 
-#define _BLOCKABLE (~(sigmask(SIGKILL) | sigmask(SIGSTOP)))
-
 long compat_sys_rt_sigaction(int sig, struct compat_sigaction __user *act,
 			     struct compat_sigaction __user *oact,
 			     size_t sigsetsize)
@@ -302,7 +300,6 @@ long compat_sys_rt_sigreturn(struct pt_regs *regs)
 	if (__copy_from_user(&set, &frame->uc.uc_sigmask, sizeof(set)))
 		goto badframe;
 
-	sigdelsetmask(&set, ~_BLOCKABLE);
 	set_current_blocked(&set);
 
 	if (restore_sigcontext(regs, &frame->uc.uc_mcontext))
diff --git a/arch/tile/kernel/signal.c b/arch/tile/kernel/signal.c
index 9b71bfd4913d28..e068aa0c6dfc1b 100644
--- a/arch/tile/kernel/signal.c
+++ b/arch/tile/kernel/signal.c
@@ -37,8 +37,6 @@
 
 #define DEBUG_SIG 0
 
-#define _BLOCKABLE (~(sigmask(SIGKILL) | sigmask(SIGSTOP)))
-
 SYSCALL_DEFINE3(sigaltstack, const stack_t __user *, uss,
 		stack_t __user *, uoss, struct pt_regs *, regs)
 {
@@ -96,7 +94,6 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE1(rt_sigreturn, struct pt_regs *, regs)
 	if (__copy_from_user(&set, &frame->uc.uc_sigmask, sizeof(set)))
 		goto badframe;
 
-	sigdelsetmask(&set, ~_BLOCKABLE);
 	set_current_blocked(&set);
 
 	if (restore_sigcontext(regs, &frame->uc.uc_mcontext))
diff --git a/arch/um/include/shared/frame_kern.h b/arch/um/include/shared/frame_kern.h
index 76078490c2581c..e584e40ee8320f 100644
--- a/arch/um/include/shared/frame_kern.h
+++ b/arch/um/include/shared/frame_kern.h
@@ -6,9 +6,6 @@
 #ifndef __FRAME_KERN_H_
 #define __FRAME_KERN_H_
 
-#define _S(nr) (1<<((nr)-1))
-#define _BLOCKABLE (~(_S(SIGKILL) | _S(SIGSTOP)))
-
 extern int setup_signal_stack_sc(unsigned long stack_top, int sig, 
 				 struct k_sigaction *ka,
 				 struct pt_regs *regs, 
diff --git a/arch/um/kernel/signal.c b/arch/um/kernel/signal.c
index 549a51c8e54f9e..4ce6ab2d2996dc 100644
--- a/arch/um/kernel/signal.c
+++ b/arch/um/kernel/signal.c
@@ -15,10 +15,6 @@
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(block_signals);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(unblock_signals);
 
-#define _S(nr) (1<<((nr)-1))
-
-#define _BLOCKABLE (~(_S(SIGKILL) | _S(SIGSTOP)))
-
 /*
  * OK, we're invoking a handler
  */
diff --git a/arch/unicore32/kernel/signal.c b/arch/unicore32/kernel/signal.c
index af962e57efb21d..4d9c4841989dee 100644
--- a/arch/unicore32/kernel/signal.c
+++ b/arch/unicore32/kernel/signal.c
@@ -21,8 +21,6 @@
 #include <asm/cacheflush.h>
 #include <asm/ucontext.h>
 
-#define _BLOCKABLE (~(sigmask(SIGKILL) | sigmask(SIGSTOP)))
-
 /*
  * For UniCore syscalls, we encode the syscall number into the instruction.
  */
@@ -61,10 +59,8 @@ static int restore_sigframe(struct pt_regs *regs, struct sigframe __user *sf)
 	int err;
 
 	err = __copy_from_user(&set, &sf->uc.uc_sigmask, sizeof(set));
-	if (err == 0) {
-		sigdelsetmask(&set, ~_BLOCKABLE);
+	if (err == 0)
 		set_current_blocked(&set);
-	}
 
 	err |= __get_user(regs->UCreg_00, &sf->uc.uc_mcontext.regs.UCreg_00);
 	err |= __get_user(regs->UCreg_01, &sf->uc.uc_mcontext.regs.UCreg_01);
diff --git a/arch/x86/ia32/ia32_signal.c b/arch/x86/ia32/ia32_signal.c
index 98bd70faccc50c..daeca56211e39b 100644
--- a/arch/x86/ia32/ia32_signal.c
+++ b/arch/x86/ia32/ia32_signal.c
@@ -273,7 +273,6 @@ asmlinkage long sys32_sigreturn(struct pt_regs *regs)
 				    sizeof(frame->extramask))))
 		goto badframe;
 
-	sigdelsetmask(&set, ~_BLOCKABLE);
 	set_current_blocked(&set);
 
 	if (ia32_restore_sigcontext(regs, &frame->sc, &ax))
@@ -299,7 +298,6 @@ asmlinkage long sys32_rt_sigreturn(struct pt_regs *regs)
 	if (__copy_from_user(&set, &frame->uc.uc_sigmask, sizeof(set)))
 		goto badframe;
 
-	sigdelsetmask(&set, ~_BLOCKABLE);
 	set_current_blocked(&set);
 
 	if (ia32_restore_sigcontext(regs, &frame->uc.uc_mcontext, &ax))
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/sighandling.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/sighandling.h
index ada93b3b8c66fb..beff97f7df3790 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/sighandling.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/sighandling.h
@@ -7,8 +7,6 @@
 
 #include <asm/processor-flags.h>
 
-#define _BLOCKABLE (~(sigmask(SIGKILL) | sigmask(SIGSTOP)))
-
 #define __FIX_EFLAGS	(X86_EFLAGS_AC | X86_EFLAGS_OF | \
 			 X86_EFLAGS_DF | X86_EFLAGS_TF | X86_EFLAGS_SF | \
 			 X86_EFLAGS_ZF | X86_EFLAGS_AF | X86_EFLAGS_PF | \
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/signal.c b/arch/x86/kernel/signal.c
index 700c49dcd84e4c..11e206f0f45aa2 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/signal.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/signal.c
@@ -555,7 +555,6 @@ unsigned long sys_sigreturn(struct pt_regs *regs)
 				    sizeof(frame->extramask))))
 		goto badframe;
 
-	sigdelsetmask(&set, ~_BLOCKABLE);
 	set_current_blocked(&set);
 
 	if (restore_sigcontext(regs, &frame->sc, &ax))
@@ -581,7 +580,6 @@ long sys_rt_sigreturn(struct pt_regs *regs)
 	if (__copy_from_user(&set, &frame->uc.uc_sigmask, sizeof(set)))
 		goto badframe;
 
-	sigdelsetmask(&set, ~_BLOCKABLE);
 	set_current_blocked(&set);
 
 	if (restore_sigcontext(regs, &frame->uc.uc_mcontext, &ax))
@@ -915,7 +913,6 @@ asmlinkage long sys32_x32_rt_sigreturn(struct pt_regs *regs)
 	if (__copy_from_user(&set, &frame->uc.uc_sigmask, sizeof(set)))
 		goto badframe;
 
-	sigdelsetmask(&set, ~_BLOCKABLE);
 	set_current_blocked(&set);
 
 	if (restore_sigcontext(regs, &frame->uc.uc_mcontext, &ax))
diff --git a/arch/x86/um/signal.c b/arch/x86/um/signal.c
index bb0fb03b9f85f2..a508cea135033e 100644
--- a/arch/x86/um/signal.c
+++ b/arch/x86/um/signal.c
@@ -486,7 +486,6 @@ long sys_sigreturn(struct pt_regs *regs)
 	    copy_from_user(&set.sig[1], extramask, sig_size))
 		goto segfault;
 
-	sigdelsetmask(&set, ~_BLOCKABLE);
 	set_current_blocked(&set);
 
 	if (copy_sc_from_user(&current->thread.regs, sc))
@@ -600,7 +599,6 @@ long sys_rt_sigreturn(struct pt_regs *regs)
 	if (copy_from_user(&set, &uc->uc_sigmask, sizeof(set)))
 		goto segfault;
 
-	sigdelsetmask(&set, ~_BLOCKABLE);
 	set_current_blocked(&set);
 
 	if (copy_sc_from_user(&current->thread.regs, &uc->uc_mcontext))
diff --git a/arch/xtensa/kernel/signal.c b/arch/xtensa/kernel/signal.c
index ca98b86ef9a736..4da3c6f6d92943 100644
--- a/arch/xtensa/kernel/signal.c
+++ b/arch/xtensa/kernel/signal.c
@@ -30,8 +30,6 @@
 
 #define DEBUG_SIG  0
 
-#define _BLOCKABLE (~(sigmask(SIGKILL) | sigmask(SIGSTOP)))
-
 extern struct task_struct *coproc_owners[];
 
 struct rt_sigframe
@@ -261,7 +259,6 @@ asmlinkage long xtensa_rt_sigreturn(long a0, long a1, long a2, long a3,
 	if (__copy_from_user(&set, &frame->uc.uc_sigmask, sizeof(set)))
 		goto badframe;
 
-	sigdelsetmask(&set, ~_BLOCKABLE);
 	set_current_blocked(&set);
 
 	if (restore_sigcontext(regs, frame))
diff --git a/include/linux/sched.h b/include/linux/sched.h
index ded3fb63fb06cf..f34437e835a706 100644
--- a/include/linux/sched.h
+++ b/include/linux/sched.h
@@ -2210,7 +2210,7 @@ extern int do_sigaltstack(const stack_t __user *, stack_t __user *, unsigned lon
 static inline void restore_saved_sigmask(void)
 {
 	if (test_and_clear_restore_sigmask())
-		set_current_blocked(&current->saved_sigmask);
+		__set_current_blocked(&current->saved_sigmask);
 }
 
 static inline sigset_t *sigmask_to_save(void)
diff --git a/include/linux/signal.h b/include/linux/signal.h
index 17046cc484bced..065e76330398eb 100644
--- a/include/linux/signal.h
+++ b/include/linux/signal.h
@@ -250,7 +250,8 @@ extern long do_sigpending(void __user *, unsigned long);
 extern int do_sigtimedwait(const sigset_t *, siginfo_t *,
 				const struct timespec *);
 extern int sigprocmask(int, sigset_t *, sigset_t *);
-extern void set_current_blocked(const sigset_t *);
+extern void set_current_blocked(sigset_t *);
+extern void __set_current_blocked(const sigset_t *);
 extern int show_unhandled_signals;
 extern int sigsuspend(sigset_t *);
 
diff --git a/kernel/signal.c b/kernel/signal.c
index b9be7e0fe41a0a..df8d721a9e6fa8 100644
--- a/kernel/signal.c
+++ b/kernel/signal.c
@@ -2524,7 +2524,16 @@ static void __set_task_blocked(struct task_struct *tsk, const sigset_t *newset)
  * It is wrong to change ->blocked directly, this helper should be used
  * to ensure the process can't miss a shared signal we are going to block.
  */
-void set_current_blocked(const sigset_t *newset)
+void set_current_blocked(sigset_t *newset)
+{
+	struct task_struct *tsk = current;
+	sigdelsetmask(newset, sigmask(SIGKILL) | sigmask(SIGSTOP));
+	spin_lock_irq(&tsk->sighand->siglock);
+	__set_task_blocked(tsk, newset);
+	spin_unlock_irq(&tsk->sighand->siglock);
+}
+
+void __set_current_blocked(const sigset_t *newset)
 {
 	struct task_struct *tsk = current;
 
@@ -2564,7 +2573,7 @@ int sigprocmask(int how, sigset_t *set, sigset_t *oldset)
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
-	set_current_blocked(&newset);
+	__set_current_blocked(&newset);
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -3138,7 +3147,7 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE3(sigprocmask, int, how, old_sigset_t __user *, nset,
 			return -EINVAL;
 		}
 
-		set_current_blocked(&new_blocked);
+		__set_current_blocked(&new_blocked);
 	}
 
 	if (oset) {
@@ -3202,7 +3211,6 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE1(ssetmask, int, newmask)
 	int old = current->blocked.sig[0];
 	sigset_t newset;
 
-	siginitset(&newset, newmask & ~(sigmask(SIGKILL) | sigmask(SIGSTOP)));
 	set_current_blocked(&newset);
 
 	return old;
@@ -3243,8 +3251,6 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE0(pause)
 
 int sigsuspend(sigset_t *set)
 {
-	sigdelsetmask(set, sigmask(SIGKILL)|sigmask(SIGSTOP));
-
 	current->saved_sigmask = current->blocked;
 	set_current_blocked(set);