diff --git a/fs/io-wq.c b/fs/io-wq.c
index 8cba77a937a1..027eb4e13e3b 100644
--- a/fs/io-wq.c
+++ b/fs/io-wq.c
@@ -575,7 +575,9 @@ static int io_wqe_worker(void *data)
 
 			if (!get_signal(&ksig))
 				continue;
-			break;
+			if (fatal_signal_pending(current))
+				break;
+			continue;
 		}
 		if (ret)
 			continue;