diff --git a/kernel/signal.c b/kernel/signal.c
index caed9133ae52..7e33f8c583e6 100644
--- a/kernel/signal.c
+++ b/kernel/signal.c
@@ -3303,12 +3303,15 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE1(sigpending, old_sigset_t __user *, set)
 #ifdef CONFIG_COMPAT
 COMPAT_SYSCALL_DEFINE1(sigpending, compat_old_sigset_t __user *, set32)
 {
+#ifdef __BIG_ENDIAN
 	sigset_t set;
-	int err = do_sigpending(&set, sizeof(old_sigset_t)); 
-	if (err == 0)
-		if (copy_to_user(set32, &set, sizeof(old_sigset_t)))
-			err = -EFAULT;
+	int err = do_sigpending(&set, sizeof(set.sig[0]));
+	if (!err)
+		err = put_user(set.sig[0], set32);
 	return err;
+#else
+	return sys_rt_sigpending((sigset_t __user *)set32, sizeof(*set32));
+#endif
 }
 #endif