diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/signal.c b/arch/mips/kernel/signal.c
index 185ca00c4c84d53be39e2d7e98031f37b6a0d5bf..d5a338a1739c9027fcc3db50c30a59f15f6c2e62 100644
--- a/arch/mips/kernel/signal.c
+++ b/arch/mips/kernel/signal.c
@@ -257,11 +257,8 @@ asmlinkage int sys_sigsuspend(nabi_no_regargs struct pt_regs regs)
 		return -EFAULT;
 	sigdelsetmask(&newset, ~_BLOCKABLE);
 
-	spin_lock_irq(&current->sighand->siglock);
 	current->saved_sigmask = current->blocked;
-	current->blocked = newset;
-	recalc_sigpending();
-	spin_unlock_irq(&current->sighand->siglock);
+	set_current_blocked(&newset);
 
 	current->state = TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE;
 	schedule();
@@ -286,11 +283,8 @@ asmlinkage int sys_rt_sigsuspend(nabi_no_regargs struct pt_regs regs)
 		return -EFAULT;
 	sigdelsetmask(&newset, ~_BLOCKABLE);
 
-	spin_lock_irq(&current->sighand->siglock);
 	current->saved_sigmask = current->blocked;
-	current->blocked = newset;
-	recalc_sigpending();
-	spin_unlock_irq(&current->sighand->siglock);
+	set_current_blocked(&newset);
 
 	current->state = TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE;
 	schedule();
@@ -362,10 +356,7 @@ asmlinkage void sys_sigreturn(nabi_no_regargs struct pt_regs regs)
 		goto badframe;
 
 	sigdelsetmask(&blocked, ~_BLOCKABLE);
-	spin_lock_irq(&current->sighand->siglock);
-	current->blocked = blocked;
-	recalc_sigpending();
-	spin_unlock_irq(&current->sighand->siglock);
+	set_current_blocked(&blocked);
 
 	sig = restore_sigcontext(&regs, &frame->sf_sc);
 	if (sig < 0)
@@ -401,10 +392,7 @@ asmlinkage void sys_rt_sigreturn(nabi_no_regargs struct pt_regs regs)
 		goto badframe;
 
 	sigdelsetmask(&set, ~_BLOCKABLE);
-	spin_lock_irq(&current->sighand->siglock);
-	current->blocked = set;
-	recalc_sigpending();
-	spin_unlock_irq(&current->sighand->siglock);
+	set_current_blocked(&set);
 
 	sig = restore_sigcontext(&regs, &frame->rs_uc.uc_mcontext);
 	if (sig < 0)
@@ -580,12 +568,7 @@ static int handle_signal(unsigned long sig, siginfo_t *info,
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 
-	spin_lock_irq(&current->sighand->siglock);
-	sigorsets(&current->blocked, &current->blocked, &ka->sa.sa_mask);
-	if (!(ka->sa.sa_flags & SA_NODEFER))
-		sigaddset(&current->blocked, sig);
-	recalc_sigpending();
-	spin_unlock_irq(&current->sighand->siglock);
+	block_sigmask(ka, sig);
 
 	return ret;
 }
diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/signal32.c b/arch/mips/kernel/signal32.c
index 06b5da392e243ec652ba0a2e1dd25128ac005305..ac3b8d89aae51a4a75f14249ddc5a4f894046087 100644
--- a/arch/mips/kernel/signal32.c
+++ b/arch/mips/kernel/signal32.c
@@ -290,11 +290,8 @@ asmlinkage int sys32_sigsuspend(nabi_no_regargs struct pt_regs regs)
 		return -EFAULT;
 	sigdelsetmask(&newset, ~_BLOCKABLE);
 
-	spin_lock_irq(&current->sighand->siglock);
 	current->saved_sigmask = current->blocked;
-	current->blocked = newset;
-	recalc_sigpending();
-	spin_unlock_irq(&current->sighand->siglock);
+	set_current_blocked(&newset);
 
 	current->state = TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE;
 	schedule();
@@ -318,11 +315,8 @@ asmlinkage int sys32_rt_sigsuspend(nabi_no_regargs struct pt_regs regs)
 		return -EFAULT;
 	sigdelsetmask(&newset, ~_BLOCKABLE);
 
-	spin_lock_irq(&current->sighand->siglock);
 	current->saved_sigmask = current->blocked;
-	current->blocked = newset;
-	recalc_sigpending();
-	spin_unlock_irq(&current->sighand->siglock);
+	set_current_blocked(&newset);
 
 	current->state = TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE;
 	schedule();
@@ -488,10 +482,7 @@ asmlinkage void sys32_sigreturn(nabi_no_regargs struct pt_regs regs)
 		goto badframe;
 
 	sigdelsetmask(&blocked, ~_BLOCKABLE);
-	spin_lock_irq(&current->sighand->siglock);
-	current->blocked = blocked;
-	recalc_sigpending();
-	spin_unlock_irq(&current->sighand->siglock);
+	set_current_blocked(&blocked);
 
 	sig = restore_sigcontext32(&regs, &frame->sf_sc);
 	if (sig < 0)
@@ -529,10 +520,7 @@ asmlinkage void sys32_rt_sigreturn(nabi_no_regargs struct pt_regs regs)
 		goto badframe;
 
 	sigdelsetmask(&set, ~_BLOCKABLE);
-	spin_lock_irq(&current->sighand->siglock);
-	current->blocked = set;
-	recalc_sigpending();
-	spin_unlock_irq(&current->sighand->siglock);
+	set_current_blocked(&set);
 
 	sig = restore_sigcontext32(&regs, &frame->rs_uc.uc_mcontext);
 	if (sig < 0)
diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/signal_n32.c b/arch/mips/kernel/signal_n32.c
index ae29e894ab8d0f0cf099d28dbcc1f6cf0751e546..86eb4b04631c43924527231da81e3e23a5b01d0e 100644
--- a/arch/mips/kernel/signal_n32.c
+++ b/arch/mips/kernel/signal_n32.c
@@ -93,11 +93,8 @@ asmlinkage int sysn32_rt_sigsuspend(nabi_no_regargs struct pt_regs regs)
 	sigset_from_compat(&newset, &uset);
 	sigdelsetmask(&newset, ~_BLOCKABLE);
 
-	spin_lock_irq(&current->sighand->siglock);
 	current->saved_sigmask = current->blocked;
-	current->blocked = newset;
-	recalc_sigpending();
-	spin_unlock_irq(&current->sighand->siglock);
+	set_current_blocked(&newset);
 
 	current->state = TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE;
 	schedule();
@@ -121,10 +118,7 @@ asmlinkage void sysn32_rt_sigreturn(nabi_no_regargs struct pt_regs regs)
 		goto badframe;
 
 	sigdelsetmask(&set, ~_BLOCKABLE);
-	spin_lock_irq(&current->sighand->siglock);
-	current->blocked = set;
-	recalc_sigpending();
-	spin_unlock_irq(&current->sighand->siglock);
+	set_current_blocked(&set);
 
 	sig = restore_sigcontext(&regs, &frame->rs_uc.uc_mcontext);
 	if (sig < 0)