diff --git a/drivers/tty/vt/selection.c b/drivers/tty/vt/selection.c
index 78732feaf65b..44d974d4159f 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/vt/selection.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/vt/selection.c
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@
 #include <linux/console.h>
 #include <linux/tty_flip.h>
 
+#include <linux/sched/signal.h>
+
 /* Don't take this from <ctype.h>: 011-015 on the screen aren't spaces */
 #define isspace(c)	((c) == ' ')
 
@@ -350,6 +352,7 @@ int paste_selection(struct tty_struct *tty)
 	unsigned int count;
 	struct  tty_ldisc *ld;
 	DECLARE_WAITQUEUE(wait, current);
+	int ret = 0;
 
 	console_lock();
 	poke_blanked_console();
@@ -363,6 +366,10 @@ int paste_selection(struct tty_struct *tty)
 	add_wait_queue(&vc->paste_wait, &wait);
 	while (sel_buffer && sel_buffer_lth > pasted) {
 		set_current_state(TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE);
+		if (signal_pending(current)) {
+			ret = -EINTR;
+			break;
+		}
 		if (tty_throttled(tty)) {
 			schedule();
 			continue;
@@ -378,6 +385,6 @@ int paste_selection(struct tty_struct *tty)
 
 	tty_buffer_unlock_exclusive(&vc->port);
 	tty_ldisc_deref(ld);
-	return 0;
+	return ret;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(paste_selection);