diff --git a/arch/nios2/include/asm/thread_info.h b/arch/nios2/include/asm/thread_info.h
index 7349a4fa635b..272d2c72a727 100644
--- a/arch/nios2/include/asm/thread_info.h
+++ b/arch/nios2/include/asm/thread_info.h
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ static inline struct thread_info *current_thread_info(void)
 #define TIF_MEMDIE		4	/* is terminating due to OOM killer */
 #define TIF_SECCOMP		5	/* secure computing */
 #define TIF_SYSCALL_AUDIT	6	/* syscall auditing active */
+#define TIF_NOTIFY_SIGNAL	7	/* signal notifications exist */
 #define TIF_RESTORE_SIGMASK	9	/* restore signal mask in do_signal() */
 
 #define TIF_POLLING_NRFLAG	16	/* true if poll_idle() is polling
@@ -97,6 +98,7 @@ static inline struct thread_info *current_thread_info(void)
 #define _TIF_NEED_RESCHED	(1 << TIF_NEED_RESCHED)
 #define _TIF_SECCOMP		(1 << TIF_SECCOMP)
 #define _TIF_SYSCALL_AUDIT	(1 << TIF_SYSCALL_AUDIT)
+#define _TIF_NOTIFY_SIGNAL	(1 << TIF_NOTIFY_SIGNAL)
 #define _TIF_RESTORE_SIGMASK	(1 << TIF_RESTORE_SIGMASK)
 #define _TIF_POLLING_NRFLAG	(1 << TIF_POLLING_NRFLAG)
 
diff --git a/arch/nios2/kernel/signal.c b/arch/nios2/kernel/signal.c
index cf2dca2ac7c3..2009ae2d3c3b 100644
--- a/arch/nios2/kernel/signal.c
+++ b/arch/nios2/kernel/signal.c
@@ -306,7 +306,8 @@ asmlinkage int do_notify_resume(struct pt_regs *regs)
 	if (!user_mode(regs))
 		return 0;
 
-	if (test_thread_flag(TIF_SIGPENDING)) {
+	if (test_thread_flag(TIF_SIGPENDING) ||
+	    test_thread_flag(TIF_NOTIFY_SIGNAL)) {
 		int restart = do_signal(regs);
 
 		if (unlikely(restart)) {