diff --git a/arch/alpha/kernel/signal.c b/arch/alpha/kernel/signal.c
index 6f7feb5db271..35f2ef44de12 100644
--- a/arch/alpha/kernel/signal.c
+++ b/arch/alpha/kernel/signal.c
@@ -120,12 +120,13 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE5(rt_sigaction, int, sig, const struct sigaction __user *, act,
  */
 SYSCALL_DEFINE1(sigsuspend, old_sigset_t, mask)
 {
-	mask &= _BLOCKABLE;
-	spin_lock_irq(&current->sighand->siglock);
+	sigset_t blocked;
+
 	current->saved_sigmask = current->blocked;
-	siginitset(&current->blocked, mask);
-	recalc_sigpending();
-	spin_unlock_irq(&current->sighand->siglock);
+
+	mask &= _BLOCKABLE;
+	siginitset(&blocked, mask);
+	set_current_blocked(&blocked);
 
 	current->state = TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE;
 	schedule();
@@ -238,10 +239,7 @@ do_sigreturn(struct sigcontext __user *sc, struct pt_regs *regs,
 		goto give_sigsegv;
 
 	sigdelsetmask(&set, ~_BLOCKABLE);
-	spin_lock_irq(&current->sighand->siglock);
-	current->blocked = set;
-	recalc_sigpending();
-	spin_unlock_irq(&current->sighand->siglock);
+	set_current_blocked(&set);
 
 	if (restore_sigcontext(sc, regs, sw))
 		goto give_sigsegv;
@@ -276,10 +274,7 @@ do_rt_sigreturn(struct rt_sigframe __user *frame, struct pt_regs *regs,
 		goto give_sigsegv;
 
 	sigdelsetmask(&set, ~_BLOCKABLE);
-	spin_lock_irq(&current->sighand->siglock);
-	current->blocked = set;
-	recalc_sigpending();
-	spin_unlock_irq(&current->sighand->siglock);
+	set_current_blocked(&set);
 
 	if (restore_sigcontext(&frame->uc.uc_mcontext, regs, sw))
 		goto give_sigsegv;
@@ -501,14 +496,8 @@ handle_signal(int sig, struct k_sigaction *ka, siginfo_t *info,
 	else
 		ret = setup_frame(sig, ka, oldset, regs, sw);
 
-	if (ret == 0) {
-		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);
-	}
+	if (ret == 0)
+		block_sigmask(ka, sig);
 
 	return ret;
 }