diff --git a/arch/arc/include/asm/thread_info.h b/arch/arc/include/asm/thread_info.h
index f9eef0e8f0b7..c0942c24d401 100644
--- a/arch/arc/include/asm/thread_info.h
+++ b/arch/arc/include/asm/thread_info.h
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ static inline __attribute_const__ struct thread_info *current_thread_info(void)
 #define TIF_SIGPENDING		2	/* signal pending */
 #define TIF_NEED_RESCHED	3	/* rescheduling necessary */
 #define TIF_SYSCALL_AUDIT	4	/* syscall auditing active */
+#define TIF_NOTIFY_SIGNAL	5	/* signal notifications exist */
 #define TIF_SYSCALL_TRACE	15	/* syscall trace active */
 
 /* true if poll_idle() is polling TIF_NEED_RESCHED */
@@ -89,11 +90,12 @@ static inline __attribute_const__ struct thread_info *current_thread_info(void)
 #define _TIF_SIGPENDING		(1<<TIF_SIGPENDING)
 #define _TIF_NEED_RESCHED	(1<<TIF_NEED_RESCHED)
 #define _TIF_SYSCALL_AUDIT	(1<<TIF_SYSCALL_AUDIT)
+#define _TIF_NOTIFY_SIGNAL	(1<<TIF_NOTIFY_SIGNAL)
 #define _TIF_MEMDIE		(1<<TIF_MEMDIE)
 
 /* work to do on interrupt/exception return */
 #define _TIF_WORK_MASK		(_TIF_NEED_RESCHED | _TIF_SIGPENDING | \
-				 _TIF_NOTIFY_RESUME)
+				 _TIF_NOTIFY_RESUME | _TIF_NOTIFY_SIGNAL)
 
 /*
  * _TIF_ALLWORK_MASK includes SYSCALL_TRACE, but we don't need it.
diff --git a/arch/arc/kernel/entry.S b/arch/arc/kernel/entry.S
index ea00c8a17f07..1f5308abf36d 100644
--- a/arch/arc/kernel/entry.S
+++ b/arch/arc/kernel/entry.S
@@ -307,7 +307,8 @@ resume_user_mode_begin:
 	mov r0, sp	; pt_regs for arg to do_signal()/do_notify_resume()
 
 	GET_CURR_THR_INFO_FLAGS   r9
-	bbit0  r9, TIF_SIGPENDING, .Lchk_notify_resume
+	and.f  0,  r9, TIF_SIGPENDING|TIF_NOTIFY_SIGNAL
+	bz .Lchk_notify_resume
 
 	; Normal Trap/IRQ entry only saves Scratch (caller-saved) regs
 	; in pt_reg since the "C" ABI (kernel code) will automatically
diff --git a/arch/arc/kernel/signal.c b/arch/arc/kernel/signal.c
index 2be55fb96d87..a78d8f745a67 100644
--- a/arch/arc/kernel/signal.c
+++ b/arch/arc/kernel/signal.c
@@ -362,7 +362,7 @@ void do_signal(struct pt_regs *regs)
 
 	restart_scall = in_syscall(regs) && syscall_restartable(regs);
 
-	if (get_signal(&ksig)) {
+	if (test_thread_flag(TIF_SIGPENDING) && get_signal(&ksig)) {
 		if (restart_scall) {
 			arc_restart_syscall(&ksig.ka, regs);
 			syscall_wont_restart(regs);	/* No more restarts */