diff --git a/include/linux/compat.h b/include/linux/compat.h
index 3e838a828459..23909d12f729 100644
--- a/include/linux/compat.h
+++ b/include/linux/compat.h
@@ -68,6 +68,9 @@ typedef struct compat_sigaltstack {
 	compat_size_t			ss_size;
 } compat_stack_t;
 #endif
+#ifndef COMPAT_MINSIGSTKSZ
+#define COMPAT_MINSIGSTKSZ	MINSIGSTKSZ
+#endif
 
 #define compat_jiffies_to_clock_t(x)	\
 		(((unsigned long)(x) * COMPAT_USER_HZ) / HZ)
diff --git a/kernel/signal.c b/kernel/signal.c
index 4439ba9dc5d9..b74acbec9876 100644
--- a/kernel/signal.c
+++ b/kernel/signal.c
@@ -3215,7 +3215,8 @@ int do_sigaction(int sig, struct k_sigaction *act, struct k_sigaction *oact)
 }
 
 static int
-do_sigaltstack (const stack_t *ss, stack_t *oss, unsigned long sp)
+do_sigaltstack (const stack_t *ss, stack_t *oss, unsigned long sp,
+		size_t min_ss_size)
 {
 	struct task_struct *t = current;
 
@@ -3245,7 +3246,7 @@ do_sigaltstack (const stack_t *ss, stack_t *oss, unsigned long sp)
 			ss_size = 0;
 			ss_sp = NULL;
 		} else {
-			if (unlikely(ss_size < MINSIGSTKSZ))
+			if (unlikely(ss_size < min_ss_size))
 				return -ENOMEM;
 		}
 
@@ -3263,7 +3264,8 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE2(sigaltstack,const stack_t __user *,uss, stack_t __user *,uoss)
 	if (uss && copy_from_user(&new, uss, sizeof(stack_t)))
 		return -EFAULT;
 	err = do_sigaltstack(uss ? &new : NULL, uoss ? &old : NULL,
-			      current_user_stack_pointer());
+			      current_user_stack_pointer(),
+			      MINSIGSTKSZ);
 	if (!err && uoss && copy_to_user(uoss, &old, sizeof(stack_t)))
 		err = -EFAULT;
 	return err;
@@ -3274,7 +3276,8 @@ int restore_altstack(const stack_t __user *uss)
 	stack_t new;
 	if (copy_from_user(&new, uss, sizeof(stack_t)))
 		return -EFAULT;
-	(void)do_sigaltstack(&new, NULL, current_user_stack_pointer());
+	(void)do_sigaltstack(&new, NULL, current_user_stack_pointer(),
+			     MINSIGSTKSZ);
 	/* squash all but EFAULT for now */
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -3309,7 +3312,8 @@ COMPAT_SYSCALL_DEFINE2(sigaltstack,
 		uss.ss_size = uss32.ss_size;
 	}
 	ret = do_sigaltstack(uss_ptr ? &uss : NULL, &uoss,
-			     compat_user_stack_pointer());
+			     compat_user_stack_pointer(),
+			     COMPAT_MINSIGSTKSZ);
 	if (ret >= 0 && uoss_ptr)  {
 		compat_stack_t old;
 		memset(&old, 0, sizeof(old));