diff --git a/kernel/signal.c b/kernel/signal.c
index a629b11bf3e0..dfcee3888b00 100644
--- a/kernel/signal.c
+++ b/kernel/signal.c
@@ -4185,6 +4185,15 @@ do_sigaltstack (const stack_t *ss, stack_t *oss, unsigned long sp,
 				ss_mode != 0))
 			return -EINVAL;
 
+		/*
+		 * Return before taking any locks if no actual
+		 * sigaltstack changes were requested.
+		 */
+		if (t->sas_ss_sp == (unsigned long)ss_sp &&
+		    t->sas_ss_size == ss_size &&
+		    t->sas_ss_flags == ss_flags)
+			return 0;
+
 		sigaltstack_lock();
 		if (ss_mode == SS_DISABLE) {
 			ss_size = 0;