diff --git a/drivers/md/bcache/alloc.c b/drivers/md/bcache/alloc.c
index 8bc1faf71ff2..a1df0d95151c 100644
--- a/drivers/md/bcache/alloc.c
+++ b/drivers/md/bcache/alloc.c
@@ -67,7 +67,6 @@
 #include <linux/blkdev.h>
 #include <linux/kthread.h>
 #include <linux/random.h>
-#include <linux/sched/signal.h>
 #include <trace/events/bcache.h>
 
 #define MAX_OPEN_BUCKETS 128
@@ -734,21 +733,8 @@ int bch_open_buckets_alloc(struct cache_set *c)
 
 int bch_cache_allocator_start(struct cache *ca)
 {
-	struct task_struct *k;
-
-	/*
-	 * In case previous btree check operation occupies too many
-	 * system memory for bcache btree node cache, and the
-	 * registering process is selected by OOM killer. Here just
-	 * ignore the SIGKILL sent by OOM killer if there is, to
-	 * avoid kthread_run() being failed by pending signals. The
-	 * bcache registering process will exit after the registration
-	 * done.
-	 */
-	if (signal_pending(current))
-		flush_signals(current);
-
-	k = kthread_run(bch_allocator_thread, ca, "bcache_allocator");
+	struct task_struct *k = kthread_run(bch_allocator_thread,
+					    ca, "bcache_allocator");
 	if (IS_ERR(k))
 		return PTR_ERR(k);
 
diff --git a/drivers/md/bcache/btree.c b/drivers/md/bcache/btree.c
index b12186c87f52..fa872df4e770 100644
--- a/drivers/md/bcache/btree.c
+++ b/drivers/md/bcache/btree.c
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@
 #include <linux/random.h>
 #include <linux/rcupdate.h>
 #include <linux/sched/clock.h>
-#include <linux/sched/signal.h>
 #include <linux/rculist.h>
 #include <linux/delay.h>
 #include <trace/events/bcache.h>
@@ -1914,18 +1913,6 @@ static int bch_gc_thread(void *arg)
 
 int bch_gc_thread_start(struct cache_set *c)
 {
-	/*
-	 * In case previous btree check operation occupies too many
-	 * system memory for bcache btree node cache, and the
-	 * registering process is selected by OOM killer. Here just
-	 * ignore the SIGKILL sent by OOM killer if there is, to
-	 * avoid kthread_run() being failed by pending signals. The
-	 * bcache registering process will exit after the registration
-	 * done.
-	 */
-	if (signal_pending(current))
-		flush_signals(current);
-
 	c->gc_thread = kthread_run(bch_gc_thread, c, "bcache_gc");
 	return PTR_ERR_OR_ZERO(c->gc_thread);
 }