diff --git a/kernel/signal.c b/kernel/signal.c
index ad5e818baacc43fb5e4046926bf52dde55acacfa..86c32b884f8efbb8f071b6343b3c37667b4e8fa3 100644
--- a/kernel/signal.c
+++ b/kernel/signal.c
@@ -3023,8 +3023,10 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE2(signal, int, sig, __sighandler_t, handler)
 
 SYSCALL_DEFINE0(pause)
 {
-	current->state = TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE;
-	schedule();
+	while (!signal_pending(current)) {
+		current->state = TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE;
+		schedule();
+	}
 	return -ERESTARTNOHAND;
 }