diff --git a/kernel/signal.c b/kernel/signal.c
index 0f865d67415d..8d8a940422a8 100644
--- a/kernel/signal.c
+++ b/kernel/signal.c
@@ -1244,19 +1244,12 @@ struct sighand_struct *__lock_task_sighand(struct task_struct *tsk,
 {
 	struct sighand_struct *sighand;
 
+	rcu_read_lock();
 	for (;;) {
-		/*
-		 * Disable interrupts early to avoid deadlocks.
-		 * See rcu_read_unlock() comment header for details.
-		 */
-		local_irq_save(*flags);
-		rcu_read_lock();
 		sighand = rcu_dereference(tsk->sighand);
-		if (unlikely(sighand == NULL)) {
-			rcu_read_unlock();
-			local_irq_restore(*flags);
+		if (unlikely(sighand == NULL))
 			break;
-		}
+
 		/*
 		 * This sighand can be already freed and even reused, but
 		 * we rely on SLAB_TYPESAFE_BY_RCU and sighand_ctor() which
@@ -1268,15 +1261,12 @@ struct sighand_struct *__lock_task_sighand(struct task_struct *tsk,
 		 * __exit_signal(). In the latter case the next iteration
 		 * must see ->sighand == NULL.
 		 */
-		spin_lock(&sighand->siglock);
-		if (likely(sighand == tsk->sighand)) {
-			rcu_read_unlock();
+		spin_lock_irqsave(&sighand->siglock, *flags);
+		if (likely(sighand == tsk->sighand))
 			break;
-		}
-		spin_unlock(&sighand->siglock);
-		rcu_read_unlock();
-		local_irq_restore(*flags);
+		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&sighand->siglock, *flags);
 	}
+	rcu_read_unlock();
 
 	return sighand;
 }