diff --git a/fs/exec.c b/fs/exec.c
index 6f2d777431a8..828dd2461d6b 100644
--- a/fs/exec.c
+++ b/fs/exec.c
@@ -376,6 +376,9 @@ static int count(const char __user * const __user * argv, int max)
 			argv++;
 			if (i++ >= max)
 				return -E2BIG;
+
+			if (fatal_signal_pending(current))
+				return -ERESTARTNOHAND;
 			cond_resched();
 		}
 	}
@@ -419,6 +422,10 @@ static int copy_strings(int argc, const char __user *const __user *argv,
 		while (len > 0) {
 			int offset, bytes_to_copy;
 
+			if (fatal_signal_pending(current)) {
+				ret = -ERESTARTNOHAND;
+				goto out;
+			}
 			cond_resched();
 
 			offset = pos % PAGE_SIZE;