spin_unlock_irqrestore(&nbd->tasks_lock, flags);
 
        if (signal_pending(current)) {
-               siginfo_t info;
-
-               ret = dequeue_signal_lock(current, ¤t->blocked, &info);
+               ret = kernel_dequeue_signal(NULL);
                dev_warn(nbd_to_dev(nbd), "pid %d, %s, got signal %d\n",
                         task_pid_nr(current), current->comm, ret);
                mutex_lock(&nbd->tx_lock);
                                         !list_empty(&nbd->waiting_queue));
 
                if (signal_pending(current)) {
-                       siginfo_t info;
-                       int ret;
+                       int ret = kernel_dequeue_signal(NULL);
 
-                       ret = dequeue_signal_lock(current, ¤t->blocked,
-                                                 &info);
                        dev_warn(nbd_to_dev(nbd), "pid %d, %s, got signal %d\n",
                                 task_pid_nr(current), current->comm, ret);
                        mutex_lock(&nbd->tx_lock);
        spin_unlock_irqrestore(&nbd->tasks_lock, flags);
 
        /* Clear maybe pending signals */
-       if (signal_pending(current)) {
-               siginfo_t info;
-               dequeue_signal_lock(current, ¤t->blocked, &info);
-       }
+       if (signal_pending(current))
+               kernel_dequeue_signal(NULL);
 
        return 0;
 }
 
 
 static void handle_exception(struct fsg_common *common)
 {
-       siginfo_t               info;
        int                     i;
        struct fsg_buffhd       *bh;
        enum fsg_state          old_state;
         * into a high-priority EXIT exception.
         */
        for (;;) {
-               int sig =
-                       dequeue_signal_lock(current, ¤t->blocked, &info);
+               int sig = kernel_dequeue_signal(NULL);
                if (!sig)
                        break;
                if (sig != SIGUSR1) {
 
                /* Put_super will send a SIGKILL and then wait on the sem.
                 */
                while (signal_pending(current) || freezing(current)) {
-                       siginfo_t info;
                        unsigned long signr;
 
                        if (try_to_freeze())
                                goto again;
 
-                       signr = dequeue_signal_lock(current, ¤t->blocked, &info);
+                       signr = kernel_dequeue_signal(NULL);
 
                        switch(signr) {
                        case SIGSTOP:
 
 extern void flush_signal_handlers(struct task_struct *, int force_default);
 extern int dequeue_signal(struct task_struct *tsk, sigset_t *mask, siginfo_t *info);
 
-static inline int dequeue_signal_lock(struct task_struct *tsk, sigset_t *mask, siginfo_t *info)
+static inline int kernel_dequeue_signal(siginfo_t *info)
 {
-       unsigned long flags;
+       struct task_struct *tsk = current;
+       siginfo_t __info;
        int ret;
 
-       spin_lock_irqsave(&tsk->sighand->siglock, flags);
-       ret = dequeue_signal(tsk, mask, info);
-       spin_unlock_irqrestore(&tsk->sighand->siglock, flags);
+       spin_lock_irq(&tsk->sighand->siglock);
+       ret = dequeue_signal(tsk, &tsk->blocked, info ?: &__info);
+       spin_unlock_irq(&tsk->sighand->siglock);
 
        return ret;
 }