diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/inode.c b/fs/ocfs2/inode.c
index 9ee13f70da57..b7650ccd76d0 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/inode.c
@@ -957,7 +957,7 @@ static void ocfs2_cleanup_delete_inode(struct inode *inode,
 void ocfs2_delete_inode(struct inode *inode)
 {
 	int wipe, status;
-	sigset_t blocked, oldset;
+	sigset_t oldset;
 	struct buffer_head *di_bh = NULL;
 
 	mlog_entry("(inode->i_ino = %lu)\n", inode->i_ino);
@@ -984,13 +984,7 @@ void ocfs2_delete_inode(struct inode *inode)
 	 * messaging paths may return us -ERESTARTSYS. Which would
 	 * cause us to exit early, resulting in inodes being orphaned
 	 * forever. */
-	sigfillset(&blocked);
-	status = sigprocmask(SIG_BLOCK, &blocked, &oldset);
-	if (status < 0) {
-		mlog_errno(status);
-		ocfs2_cleanup_delete_inode(inode, 1);
-		goto bail;
-	}
+	ocfs2_block_signals(&oldset);
 
 	/*
 	 * Synchronize us against ocfs2_get_dentry. We take this in
@@ -1064,9 +1058,7 @@ bail_unlock_nfs_sync:
 	ocfs2_nfs_sync_unlock(OCFS2_SB(inode->i_sb), 0);
 
 bail_unblock:
-	status = sigprocmask(SIG_SETMASK, &oldset, NULL);
-	if (status < 0)
-		mlog_errno(status);
+	ocfs2_unblock_signals(&oldset);
 bail:
 	clear_inode(inode);
 	mlog_exit_void();
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/mmap.c b/fs/ocfs2/mmap.c
index 39737613424a..a61809f8eab5 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/mmap.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/mmap.c
@@ -42,44 +42,20 @@
 #include "file.h"
 #include "inode.h"
 #include "mmap.h"
+#include "super.h"
 
-static inline int ocfs2_vm_op_block_sigs(sigset_t *blocked, sigset_t *oldset)
-{
-	/* The best way to deal with signals in the vm path is
-	 * to block them upfront, rather than allowing the
-	 * locking paths to return -ERESTARTSYS. */
-	sigfillset(blocked);
-
-	/* We should technically never get a bad return value
-	 * from sigprocmask */
-	return sigprocmask(SIG_BLOCK, blocked, oldset);
-}
-
-static inline int ocfs2_vm_op_unblock_sigs(sigset_t *oldset)
-{
-	return sigprocmask(SIG_SETMASK, oldset, NULL);
-}
 
 static int ocfs2_fault(struct vm_area_struct *area, struct vm_fault *vmf)
 {
-	sigset_t blocked, oldset;
-	int error, ret;
+	sigset_t oldset;
+	int ret;
 
 	mlog_entry("(area=%p, page offset=%lu)\n", area, vmf->pgoff);
 
-	error = ocfs2_vm_op_block_sigs(&blocked, &oldset);
-	if (error < 0) {
-		mlog_errno(error);
-		ret = VM_FAULT_SIGBUS;
-		goto out;
-	}
-
+	ocfs2_block_signals(&oldset);
 	ret = filemap_fault(area, vmf);
+	ocfs2_unblock_signals(&oldset);
 
-	error = ocfs2_vm_op_unblock_sigs(&oldset);
-	if (error < 0)
-		mlog_errno(error);
-out:
 	mlog_exit_ptr(vmf->page);
 	return ret;
 }
@@ -159,14 +135,10 @@ static int ocfs2_page_mkwrite(struct vm_area_struct *vma, struct vm_fault *vmf)
 	struct page *page = vmf->page;
 	struct inode *inode = vma->vm_file->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
 	struct buffer_head *di_bh = NULL;
-	sigset_t blocked, oldset;
-	int ret, ret2;
+	sigset_t oldset;
+	int ret;
 
-	ret = ocfs2_vm_op_block_sigs(&blocked, &oldset);
-	if (ret < 0) {
-		mlog_errno(ret);
-		return ret;
-	}
+	ocfs2_block_signals(&oldset);
 
 	/*
 	 * The cluster locks taken will block a truncate from another
@@ -194,9 +166,7 @@ static int ocfs2_page_mkwrite(struct vm_area_struct *vma, struct vm_fault *vmf)
 	ocfs2_inode_unlock(inode, 1);
 
 out:
-	ret2 = ocfs2_vm_op_unblock_sigs(&oldset);
-	if (ret2 < 0)
-		mlog_errno(ret2);
+	ocfs2_unblock_signals(&oldset);
 	if (ret)
 		ret = VM_FAULT_SIGBUS;
 	return ret;
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/super.c b/fs/ocfs2/super.c
index 12c2203a62fe..cf6d87b57450 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/super.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/super.c
@@ -2560,5 +2560,25 @@ void __ocfs2_abort(struct super_block* sb,
 	ocfs2_handle_error(sb);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Void signal blockers, because in-kernel sigprocmask() only fails
+ * when SIG_* is wrong.
+ */
+void ocfs2_block_signals(sigset_t *oldset)
+{
+	int rc;
+	sigset_t blocked;
+
+	sigfillset(&blocked);
+	rc = sigprocmask(SIG_BLOCK, &blocked, oldset);
+	BUG_ON(rc);
+}
+
+void ocfs2_unblock_signals(sigset_t *oldset)
+{
+	int rc = sigprocmask(SIG_SETMASK, oldset, NULL);
+	BUG_ON(rc);
+}
+
 module_init(ocfs2_init);
 module_exit(ocfs2_exit);
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/super.h b/fs/ocfs2/super.h
index 783f5270f2a1..40c7de084c10 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/super.h
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/super.h
@@ -45,4 +45,11 @@ void __ocfs2_abort(struct super_block *sb,
 
 #define ocfs2_abort(sb, fmt, args...) __ocfs2_abort(sb, __PRETTY_FUNCTION__, fmt, ##args)
 
+/*
+ * Void signal blockers, because in-kernel sigprocmask() only fails
+ * when SIG_* is wrong.
+ */
+void ocfs2_block_signals(sigset_t *oldset);
+void ocfs2_unblock_signals(sigset_t *oldset);
+
 #endif /* OCFS2_SUPER_H */