diff --git a/arch/tile/kernel/compat_signal.c b/arch/tile/kernel/compat_signal.c
index a7869ad62776..77763ccd5a7d 100644
--- a/arch/tile/kernel/compat_signal.c
+++ b/arch/tile/kernel/compat_signal.c
@@ -303,10 +303,7 @@ long compat_sys_rt_sigreturn(struct pt_regs *regs)
 		goto badframe;
 
 	sigdelsetmask(&set, ~_BLOCKABLE);
-	spin_lock_irq(&current->sighand->siglock);
-	current->blocked = set;
-	recalc_sigpending();
-	spin_unlock_irq(&current->sighand->siglock);
+	set_current_blocked(&set);
 
 	if (restore_sigcontext(regs, &frame->uc.uc_mcontext))
 		goto badframe;
diff --git a/arch/tile/kernel/signal.c b/arch/tile/kernel/signal.c
index bedaf4e9f3a7..f79d4b88c747 100644
--- a/arch/tile/kernel/signal.c
+++ b/arch/tile/kernel/signal.c
@@ -97,10 +97,7 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE1(rt_sigreturn, struct pt_regs *, regs)
 		goto badframe;
 
 	sigdelsetmask(&set, ~_BLOCKABLE);
-	spin_lock_irq(&current->sighand->siglock);
-	current->blocked = set;
-	recalc_sigpending();
-	spin_unlock_irq(&current->sighand->siglock);
+	set_current_blocked(&set);
 
 	if (restore_sigcontext(regs, &frame->uc.uc_mcontext))
 		goto badframe;
@@ -286,13 +283,7 @@ static int handle_signal(unsigned long sig, siginfo_t *info,
 		 * the work_pending path in the return-to-user code, and
 		 * either way we can re-enable interrupts unconditionally.
 		 */
-		spin_lock_irq(&current->sighand->siglock);
-		sigorsets(&current->blocked,
-			  &current->blocked, &ka->sa.sa_mask);
-		if (!(ka->sa.sa_flags & SA_NODEFER))
-			sigaddset(&current->blocked, sig);
-		recalc_sigpending();
-		spin_unlock_irq(&current->sighand->siglock);
+		block_sigmask(ka, sig);
 	}
 
 	return ret;