diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/signal.c b/arch/arm/kernel/signal.c
index 0340224cf73c..d13e61ac18da 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/signal.c
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/signal.c
@@ -66,12 +66,13 @@ const unsigned long syscall_restart_code[2] = {
  */
 asmlinkage int sys_sigsuspend(int restart, unsigned long oldmask, old_sigset_t mask)
 {
-	mask &= _BLOCKABLE;
-	spin_lock_irq(&current->sighand->siglock);
+	sigset_t blocked;
+
 	current->saved_sigmask = current->blocked;
-	siginitset(&current->blocked, mask);
-	recalc_sigpending();
-	spin_unlock_irq(&current->sighand->siglock);
+
+	mask &= _BLOCKABLE;
+	siginitset(&blocked, mask);
+	set_current_blocked(&blocked);
 
 	current->state = TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE;
 	schedule();
@@ -281,10 +282,7 @@ static int restore_sigframe(struct pt_regs *regs, struct sigframe __user *sf)
 	err = __copy_from_user(&set, &sf->uc.uc_sigmask, sizeof(set));
 	if (err == 0) {
 		sigdelsetmask(&set, ~_BLOCKABLE);
-		spin_lock_irq(&current->sighand->siglock);
-		current->blocked = set;
-		recalc_sigpending();
-		spin_unlock_irq(&current->sighand->siglock);
+		set_current_blocked(&set);
 	}
 
 	__get_user_error(regs->ARM_r0, &sf->uc.uc_mcontext.arm_r0, err);
@@ -637,13 +635,7 @@ handle_signal(unsigned long sig, struct k_sigaction *ka,
 	/*
 	 * Block the signal if we were successful.
 	 */
-	spin_lock_irq(&tsk->sighand->siglock);
-	sigorsets(&tsk->blocked, &tsk->blocked,
-		  &ka->sa.sa_mask);
-	if (!(ka->sa.sa_flags & SA_NODEFER))
-		sigaddset(&tsk->blocked, sig);
-	recalc_sigpending();
-	spin_unlock_irq(&tsk->sighand->siglock);
+	block_sigmask(ka, sig);
 
 	return 0;
 }