diff --git a/arch/alpha/kernel/signal.c b/arch/alpha/kernel/signal.c
index 06609aa363b61c6b73bba897af25023cea5f4924..779780a332d36dff463f314129cfa6595084eb75 100644
--- a/arch/alpha/kernel/signal.c
+++ b/arch/alpha/kernel/signal.c
@@ -68,9 +68,9 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE3(osf_sigaction, int, sig,
 		old_sigset_t mask;
 		if (!access_ok(VERIFY_READ, act, sizeof(*act)) ||
 		    __get_user(new_ka.sa.sa_handler, &act->sa_handler) ||
-		    __get_user(new_ka.sa.sa_flags, &act->sa_flags))
+		    __get_user(new_ka.sa.sa_flags, &act->sa_flags) ||
+		    __get_user(mask, &act->sa_mask))
 			return -EFAULT;
-		__get_user(mask, &act->sa_mask);
 		siginitset(&new_ka.sa.sa_mask, mask);
 		new_ka.ka_restorer = NULL;
 	}
@@ -80,9 +80,9 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE3(osf_sigaction, int, sig,
 	if (!ret && oact) {
 		if (!access_ok(VERIFY_WRITE, oact, sizeof(*oact)) ||
 		    __put_user(old_ka.sa.sa_handler, &oact->sa_handler) ||
-		    __put_user(old_ka.sa.sa_flags, &oact->sa_flags))
+		    __put_user(old_ka.sa.sa_flags, &oact->sa_flags) ||
+		    __put_user(old_ka.sa.sa_mask.sig[0], &oact->sa_mask))
 			return -EFAULT;
-		__put_user(old_ka.sa.sa_mask.sig[0], &oact->sa_mask);
 	}
 
 	return ret;