diff --git a/arch/blackfin/include/asm/unistd.h b/arch/blackfin/include/asm/unistd.h
index c35414bdf7bd3ddad8ff3371468e70ce95ab8fd6..c8c8ff9eff61e613ee8fff6e72d3c7b5b07386ed 100644
--- a/arch/blackfin/include/asm/unistd.h
+++ b/arch/blackfin/include/asm/unistd.h
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@
 #define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_ALARM
 #define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_GETHOSTNAME
 #define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_PAUSE
-#define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_SGETMASK
 #define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_TIME
 #define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_FADVISE64
 #define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_GETPGRP
diff --git a/arch/cris/include/asm/unistd.h b/arch/cris/include/asm/unistd.h
index 5cc7d1991e482bf0e3eef50e598877595c15b69a..0f40fed1ba25852d0d681749ad07d95b4bcca3fa 100644
--- a/arch/cris/include/asm/unistd.h
+++ b/arch/cris/include/asm/unistd.h
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
 #define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_GETHOSTNAME
 #define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_IPC
 #define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_PAUSE
-#define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_SGETMASK
 #define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_SIGNAL
 #define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_TIME
 #define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_UTIME
diff --git a/arch/frv/include/asm/unistd.h b/arch/frv/include/asm/unistd.h
index 70ec7293dce78f56e7e3400dc8e52edf7ab8c0f5..17b5df8fc28a1a932ba530565adfdcde63eff170 100644
--- a/arch/frv/include/asm/unistd.h
+++ b/arch/frv/include/asm/unistd.h
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@
 /* #define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_GETHOSTNAME */
 #define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_IPC
 #define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_PAUSE
-/* #define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_SGETMASK */
 /* #define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_SIGNAL */
 #define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_TIME
 #define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_UTIME
diff --git a/arch/m68k/include/asm/unistd.h b/arch/m68k/include/asm/unistd.h
index 33afa56ad47aecd6620bc150eea042705cc85d3e..1fcdd344c7ad5797605ddbb9ee98bcde3461c295 100644
--- a/arch/m68k/include/asm/unistd.h
+++ b/arch/m68k/include/asm/unistd.h
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@
 #define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_GETHOSTNAME
 #define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_IPC
 #define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_PAUSE
-#define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_SGETMASK
 #define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_SIGNAL
 #define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_TIME
 #define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_UTIME
diff --git a/arch/microblaze/include/asm/unistd.h b/arch/microblaze/include/asm/unistd.h
index b14232b6878fca5889e4f91814acaa28f1603170..fd56a8f66489dc68264ac8f70cc70863c6f25380 100644
--- a/arch/microblaze/include/asm/unistd.h
+++ b/arch/microblaze/include/asm/unistd.h
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
 #define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_ALARM
 #define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_GETHOSTNAME
 #define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_PAUSE
-#define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_SGETMASK
 #define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_SIGNAL
 #define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_TIME
 #define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_UTIME
diff --git a/arch/mips/include/asm/unistd.h b/arch/mips/include/asm/unistd.h
index 413d6c612bec059e0e5579d3167d67e6bb8e7ad0..e55813029d5a2fcf2c67c428a4ff4eea94b44ecb 100644
--- a/arch/mips/include/asm/unistd.h
+++ b/arch/mips/include/asm/unistd.h
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@
 #define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_GETHOSTNAME
 #define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_IPC
 #define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_PAUSE
-#define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_SGETMASK
 #define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_UTIME
 #define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_WAITPID
 #define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_SOCKETCALL
diff --git a/arch/mn10300/include/asm/unistd.h b/arch/mn10300/include/asm/unistd.h
index 9d4e2d1ef90edcec1e37a449440d932bd23403a9..0522468f488b7b65880869bd8e8e163f0ab16329 100644
--- a/arch/mn10300/include/asm/unistd.h
+++ b/arch/mn10300/include/asm/unistd.h
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@
 #define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_GETHOSTNAME
 #define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_IPC
 #define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_PAUSE
-#define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_SGETMASK
 #define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_SIGNAL
 #define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_TIME
 #define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_UTIME
diff --git a/arch/parisc/include/asm/unistd.h b/arch/parisc/include/asm/unistd.h
index 74d835820ee7bb16e72009b240844a804552b239..5f4c68daa261727c614392346926d22fbef7eaa6 100644
--- a/arch/parisc/include/asm/unistd.h
+++ b/arch/parisc/include/asm/unistd.h
@@ -145,7 +145,6 @@ type name(type1 arg1, type2 arg2, type3 arg3, type4 arg4, type5 arg5)	\
 #define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_ALARM
 #define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_GETHOSTNAME
 #define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_PAUSE
-#define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_SGETMASK
 #define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_SIGNAL
 #define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_TIME
 #define __ARCH_WANT_COMPAT_SYS_TIME
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/unistd.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/unistd.h
index 9b892bbd9d843ec4d2af43f788a557b9e35bcec5..5ce5552ab9f5ca24fe479bfd81ea4a915a478a90 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/unistd.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/unistd.h
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@
 #define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_GETHOSTNAME
 #define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_IPC
 #define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_PAUSE
-#define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_SGETMASK
 #define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_SIGNAL
 #define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_TIME
 #define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_UTIME
diff --git a/arch/sh/include/asm/unistd.h b/arch/sh/include/asm/unistd.h
index e77816c4b9bc4de14d75f7a8ce9cf5c2bc466b02..126fe8340b22da8547c4374a2a9c077d658f9f30 100644
--- a/arch/sh/include/asm/unistd.h
+++ b/arch/sh/include/asm/unistd.h
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@
 # define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_GETHOSTNAME
 # define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_IPC
 # define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_PAUSE
-# define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_SGETMASK
 # define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_SIGNAL
 # define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_TIME
 # define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_UTIME
diff --git a/arch/sparc/include/asm/unistd.h b/arch/sparc/include/asm/unistd.h
index dfa53fdd5cbc8ec8d3bde130391b9d07972a3dca..0aac1e8f29683a7384058405c3ea241f4d33179e 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/include/asm/unistd.h
+++ b/arch/sparc/include/asm/unistd.h
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@
 #define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_ALARM
 #define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_GETHOSTNAME
 #define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_PAUSE
-#define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_SGETMASK
 #define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_SIGNAL
 #define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_TIME
 #define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_UTIME
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/unistd.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/unistd.h
index 3f556c6a015769a1a53a2615e3a0cf26da1725a3..2b19caa4081c7f49c8841d1d86d6571efe47a12d 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/unistd.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/unistd.h
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@
 # define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_OLD_GETRLIMIT
 # define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_OLD_UNAME
 # define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_PAUSE
-# define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_SGETMASK
 # define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_SIGNAL
 # define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_SIGPENDING
 # define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_SIGPROCMASK
diff --git a/init/Kconfig b/init/Kconfig
index ce034ad4a162d16aaf8c824675a50d0cfaf3a6d4..9d76b99af1b95ce5460b4380e4f27ef0532fdade 100644
--- a/init/Kconfig
+++ b/init/Kconfig
@@ -1313,6 +1313,16 @@ config UID16
 	help
 	  This enables the legacy 16-bit UID syscall wrappers.
 
+config SGETMASK_SYSCALL
+	bool "sgetmask/ssetmask syscalls support" if EXPERT
+	def_bool PARISC || MN10300 || BLACKFIN || M68K || PPC || MIPS || X86 || SPARC || CRIS || MICROBLAZE || SUPERH
+	---help---
+	  sys_sgetmask and sys_ssetmask are obsolete system calls
+	  no longer supported in libc but still enabled by default in some
+	  architectures.
+
+	  If unsure, leave the default option here.
+
 config SYSFS_SYSCALL
 	bool "Sysfs syscall support" if EXPERT
 	default y
diff --git a/kernel/signal.c b/kernel/signal.c
index 6ea13c09ae56027521d41f75430e8401cb32ad93..6e600aaa2af45b3074a34856582056d010f560bd 100644
--- a/kernel/signal.c
+++ b/kernel/signal.c
@@ -3496,7 +3496,7 @@ COMPAT_SYSCALL_DEFINE3(sigaction, int, sig,
 }
 #endif
 
-#ifdef __ARCH_WANT_SYS_SGETMASK
+#ifdef CONFIG_SGETMASK_SYSCALL
 
 /*
  * For backwards compatibility.  Functionality superseded by sigprocmask.
@@ -3517,7 +3517,7 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE1(ssetmask, int, newmask)
 
 	return old;
 }
-#endif /* __ARCH_WANT_SGETMASK */
+#endif /* CONFIG_SGETMASK_SYSCALL */
 
 #ifdef __ARCH_WANT_SYS_SIGNAL
 /*
diff --git a/kernel/sys_ni.c b/kernel/sys_ni.c
index bc8d1b74a6b95e5b247cf90c0ad5d8cd937745e2..36441b51b5dff20bb63792d3ad7ff7e0d30908bf 100644
--- a/kernel/sys_ni.c
+++ b/kernel/sys_ni.c
@@ -135,6 +135,8 @@ cond_syscall(sys_setresgid16);
 cond_syscall(sys_setresuid16);
 cond_syscall(sys_setreuid16);
 cond_syscall(sys_setuid16);
+cond_syscall(sys_sgetmask);
+cond_syscall(sys_ssetmask);
 cond_syscall(sys_vm86old);
 cond_syscall(sys_vm86);
 cond_syscall(sys_ipc);