diff --git a/linux-user/signal.c b/linux-user/signal.c
index e2c0b37173..44b2d3b35a 100644
--- a/linux-user/signal.c
+++ b/linux-user/signal.c
@@ -508,6 +508,11 @@ void signal_init(void)
     act.sa_flags = SA_SIGINFO;
     act.sa_sigaction = host_signal_handler;
     for(i = 1; i <= TARGET_NSIG; i++) {
+#ifdef TARGET_GPROF
+        if (i == SIGPROF) {
+            continue;
+        }
+#endif
         host_sig = target_to_host_signal(i);
         sigaction(host_sig, NULL, &oact);
         if (oact.sa_sigaction == (void *)SIG_IGN) {