diff --git a/include/linux/signal.h b/include/linux/signal.h
index b63f63eaa39c..5308304993be 100644
--- a/include/linux/signal.h
+++ b/include/linux/signal.h
@@ -97,6 +97,23 @@ static inline int sigisemptyset(sigset_t *set)
 	}
 }
 
+static inline int sigequalsets(const sigset_t *set1, const sigset_t *set2)
+{
+	switch (_NSIG_WORDS) {
+	case 4:
+		return	(set1->sig[3] == set2->sig[3]) &&
+			(set1->sig[2] == set2->sig[2]) &&
+			(set1->sig[1] == set2->sig[1]) &&
+			(set1->sig[0] == set2->sig[0]);
+	case 2:
+		return	(set1->sig[1] == set2->sig[1]) &&
+			(set1->sig[0] == set2->sig[0]);
+	case 1:
+		return	set1->sig[0] == set2->sig[0];
+	}
+	return 0;
+}
+
 #define sigmask(sig)	(1UL << ((sig) - 1))
 
 #ifndef __HAVE_ARCH_SIG_SETOPS
diff --git a/kernel/signal.c b/kernel/signal.c
index 29a410780aa9..ae60996fedff 100644
--- a/kernel/signal.c
+++ b/kernel/signal.c
@@ -2491,6 +2491,13 @@ void __set_current_blocked(const sigset_t *newset)
 {
 	struct task_struct *tsk = current;
 
+	/*
+	 * In case the signal mask hasn't changed, there is nothing we need
+	 * to do. The current->blocked shouldn't be modified by other task.
+	 */
+	if (sigequalsets(&tsk->blocked, newset))
+		return;
+
 	spin_lock_irq(&tsk->sighand->siglock);
 	__set_task_blocked(tsk, newset);
 	spin_unlock_irq(&tsk->sighand->siglock);