diff --git a/include/linux/sched.h b/include/linux/sched.h
index 52c4847b05e2..2950c5cd3005 100644
--- a/include/linux/sched.h
+++ b/include/linux/sched.h
@@ -1596,6 +1596,7 @@ struct task_struct {
 
 	unsigned long sas_ss_sp;
 	size_t sas_ss_size;
+	unsigned sas_ss_flags;
 
 	struct callback_head *task_works;
 
@@ -2592,6 +2593,13 @@ static inline int sas_ss_flags(unsigned long sp)
 	return on_sig_stack(sp) ? SS_ONSTACK : 0;
 }
 
+static inline void sas_ss_reset(struct task_struct *p)
+{
+	p->sas_ss_sp = 0;
+	p->sas_ss_size = 0;
+	p->sas_ss_flags = SS_DISABLE;
+}
+
 static inline unsigned long sigsp(unsigned long sp, struct ksignal *ksig)
 {
 	if (unlikely((ksig->ka.sa.sa_flags & SA_ONSTACK)) && ! sas_ss_flags(sp))
diff --git a/include/linux/signal.h b/include/linux/signal.h
index 92557bbce7e7..3fbe81444d31 100644
--- a/include/linux/signal.h
+++ b/include/linux/signal.h
@@ -432,8 +432,10 @@ int __save_altstack(stack_t __user *, unsigned long);
 	stack_t __user *__uss = uss; \
 	struct task_struct *t = current; \
 	put_user_ex((void __user *)t->sas_ss_sp, &__uss->ss_sp); \
-	put_user_ex(sas_ss_flags(sp), &__uss->ss_flags); \
+	put_user_ex(t->sas_ss_flags, &__uss->ss_flags); \
 	put_user_ex(t->sas_ss_size, &__uss->ss_size); \
+	if (t->sas_ss_flags & SS_AUTODISARM) \
+		sas_ss_reset(t); \
 } while (0);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_PROC_FS
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/signal.h b/include/uapi/linux/signal.h
index 7c73165d11ce..738826048af2 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/signal.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/signal.h
@@ -7,7 +7,9 @@
 #define SS_ONSTACK	1
 #define SS_DISABLE	2
 
+/* bit-flags */
+#define SS_AUTODISARM	(1 << 4)	/* disable sas during sighandling */
 /* mask for all SS_xxx flags */
-#define SS_FLAG_BITS	0
+#define SS_FLAG_BITS	SS_AUTODISARM
 
 #endif /* _UAPI_LINUX_SIGNAL_H */
diff --git a/kernel/fork.c b/kernel/fork.c
index d277e83ed3e0..3e8451527cbe 100644
--- a/kernel/fork.c
+++ b/kernel/fork.c
@@ -1494,7 +1494,7 @@ static struct task_struct *copy_process(unsigned long clone_flags,
 	 * sigaltstack should be cleared when sharing the same VM
 	 */
 	if ((clone_flags & (CLONE_VM|CLONE_VFORK)) == CLONE_VM)
-		p->sas_ss_sp = p->sas_ss_size = 0;
+		sas_ss_reset(p);
 
 	/*
 	 * Syscall tracing and stepping should be turned off in the
diff --git a/kernel/signal.c b/kernel/signal.c
index b1c6eb4df2a8..bf97ea5775ae 100644
--- a/kernel/signal.c
+++ b/kernel/signal.c
@@ -3137,6 +3137,7 @@ do_sigaltstack (const stack_t __user *uss, stack_t __user *uoss, unsigned long s
 
 		current->sas_ss_sp = (unsigned long) ss_sp;
 		current->sas_ss_size = ss_size;
+		current->sas_ss_flags = ss_flags;
 	}
 
 	error = 0;
@@ -3167,9 +3168,14 @@ int restore_altstack(const stack_t __user *uss)
 int __save_altstack(stack_t __user *uss, unsigned long sp)
 {
 	struct task_struct *t = current;
-	return  __put_user((void __user *)t->sas_ss_sp, &uss->ss_sp) |
-		__put_user(sas_ss_flags(sp), &uss->ss_flags) |
+	int err = __put_user((void __user *)t->sas_ss_sp, &uss->ss_sp) |
+		__put_user(t->sas_ss_flags, &uss->ss_flags) |
 		__put_user(t->sas_ss_size, &uss->ss_size);
+	if (err)
+		return err;
+	if (t->sas_ss_flags & SS_AUTODISARM)
+		sas_ss_reset(t);
+	return 0;
 }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_COMPAT