diff --git a/arch/sh/kernel/signal_32.c b/arch/sh/kernel/signal_32.c
index 1055146a20eb..883d711bb4bb 100644
--- a/arch/sh/kernel/signal_32.c
+++ b/arch/sh/kernel/signal_32.c
@@ -58,12 +58,13 @@ sys_sigsuspend(old_sigset_t mask,
 	       unsigned long r5, unsigned long r6, unsigned long r7,
 	       struct pt_regs __regs)
 {
-	mask &= _BLOCKABLE;
-	spin_lock_irq(&current->sighand->siglock);
+	sigset_t blocked;
+
 	current->saved_sigmask = current->blocked;
-	siginitset(&current->blocked, mask);
-	recalc_sigpending();
-	spin_unlock_irq(&current->sighand->siglock);
+
+	mask &= _BLOCKABLE;
+	siginitset(&blocked, mask);
+	set_current_blocked(&blocked);
 
 	current->state = TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE;
 	schedule();
@@ -240,11 +241,7 @@ asmlinkage int sys_sigreturn(unsigned long r4, unsigned long r5,
 		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->sc, &r0))
 		goto badframe;
@@ -274,10 +271,7 @@ asmlinkage int sys_rt_sigreturn(unsigned long r4, unsigned long r5,
 		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, &r0))
 		goto badframe;
@@ -548,14 +542,8 @@ handle_signal(unsigned long sig, struct k_sigaction *ka, siginfo_t *info,
 	else
 		ret = setup_frame(sig, ka, oldset, regs);
 
-	if (ret == 0) {
-		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);
-	}
+	if (ret == 0)
+		block_sigmask(ka, sig);
 
 	return ret;
 }
diff --git a/arch/sh/kernel/signal_64.c b/arch/sh/kernel/signal_64.c
index 7b9278d29102..3c9a6f7dcdce 100644
--- a/arch/sh/kernel/signal_64.c
+++ b/arch/sh/kernel/signal_64.c
@@ -159,14 +159,13 @@ sys_sigsuspend(old_sigset_t mask,
 	       unsigned long r6, unsigned long r7,
 	       struct pt_regs * regs)
 {
-	sigset_t saveset;
+	sigset_t saveset, blocked;
+
+	saveset = current->blocked;
 
 	mask &= _BLOCKABLE;
-	spin_lock_irq(&current->sighand->siglock);
-	saveset = current->blocked;
-	siginitset(&current->blocked, mask);
-	recalc_sigpending();
-	spin_unlock_irq(&current->sighand->siglock);
+	siginitset(&blocked, mask);
+	set_current_blocked(&blocked);
 
 	REF_REG_RET = -EINTR;
 	while (1) {
@@ -198,11 +197,8 @@ sys_rt_sigsuspend(sigset_t *unewset, size_t sigsetsize,
 	if (copy_from_user(&newset, unewset, sizeof(newset)))
 		return -EFAULT;
 	sigdelsetmask(&newset, ~_BLOCKABLE);
-	spin_lock_irq(&current->sighand->siglock);
 	saveset = current->blocked;
-	current->blocked = newset;
-	recalc_sigpending();
-	spin_unlock_irq(&current->sighand->siglock);
+	set_current_blocked(&newset);
 
 	REF_REG_RET = -EINTR;
 	while (1) {
@@ -408,11 +404,7 @@ asmlinkage int sys_sigreturn(unsigned long r2, unsigned long r3,
 		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->sc, &ret))
 		goto badframe;
@@ -445,10 +437,7 @@ asmlinkage int sys_rt_sigreturn(unsigned long r2, unsigned long r3,
 		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, &ret))
 		goto badframe;
@@ -734,14 +723,8 @@ handle_signal(unsigned long sig, siginfo_t *info, struct k_sigaction *ka,
 	else
 		ret = setup_frame(sig, ka, oldset, regs);
 
-	if (ret == 0) {
-		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);
-	}
+	if (ret == 0)
+		block_sigmask(ka, sig);
 
 	return ret;
 }