diff --git a/arch/avr32/kernel/signal.c b/arch/avr32/kernel/signal.c
index 06f4293f85d8..feeb77bd81c7 100644
--- a/arch/avr32/kernel/signal.c
+++ b/arch/avr32/kernel/signal.c
@@ -223,7 +223,6 @@ static inline void
 handle_signal(unsigned long sig, struct k_sigaction *ka, siginfo_t *info,
 	      sigset_t *oldset, struct pt_regs *regs, int syscall)
 {
-	sigset_t blocked;
 	int ret;
 
 	/*
@@ -244,10 +243,7 @@ handle_signal(unsigned long sig, struct k_sigaction *ka, siginfo_t *info,
 	/*
 	 * Block the signal if we were successful.
 	 */
-	sigorsets(&blocked, &current->blocked, &ka->sa.sa_mask);
-	if (!(ka->sa.sa_flags & SA_NODEFER))
-		sigaddset(&blocked, sig);
-	set_current_blocked(&blocked);
+	block_sigmask(ka, sig);
 }
 
 /*