diff --git a/kernel/workqueue.c b/kernel/workqueue.c
index 0611de815a8f921a4d2215f52959de832acb5c9d..87693b37d017add2a28af93db2213dfea2bc5d6e 100644
--- a/kernel/workqueue.c
+++ b/kernel/workqueue.c
@@ -290,18 +290,11 @@ static int worker_thread(void *__cwq)
 	struct cpu_workqueue_struct *cwq = __cwq;
 	DEFINE_WAIT(wait);
 	struct k_sigaction sa;
-	sigset_t blocked;
 
 	if (!cwq->wq->freezeable)
 		current->flags |= PF_NOFREEZE;
 
 	set_user_nice(current, -5);
-
-	/* Block and flush all signals */
-	sigfillset(&blocked);
-	sigprocmask(SIG_BLOCK, &blocked, NULL);
-	flush_signals(current);
-
 	/*
 	 * We inherited MPOL_INTERLEAVE from the booting kernel.
 	 * Set MPOL_DEFAULT to insure node local allocations.