diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/signal.h b/arch/powerpc/kernel/signal.h
index d8dd76b1dc94..1393876f3814 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/signal.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/signal.h
@@ -19,6 +19,13 @@ extern int handle_signal32(struct ksignal *ksig, sigset_t *oldset,
 extern int handle_rt_signal32(struct ksignal *ksig, sigset_t *oldset,
 			      struct task_struct *tsk);
 
+static inline int __get_user_sigset(sigset_t *dst, const sigset_t __user *src)
+{
+	BUILD_BUG_ON(sizeof(sigset_t) != sizeof(u64));
+
+	return __get_user(dst->sig[0], (u64 __user *)&src->sig[0]);
+}
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_VSX
 extern unsigned long copy_vsx_to_user(void __user *to,
 				      struct task_struct *task);
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/signal_32.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/signal_32.c
index 75ee918a120a..c505b444a613 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/signal_32.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/signal_32.c
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ static inline int restore_general_regs(struct pt_regs *regs,
 
 static inline int get_sigset_t(sigset_t *set, const sigset_t __user *uset)
 {
-	return copy_from_user(set, uset, sizeof(*uset));
+	return __get_user_sigset(set, uset);
 }
 
 #define to_user_ptr(p)		((unsigned long)(p))
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/signal_64.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/signal_64.c
index e7d612e82363..e10459f11f8e 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/signal_64.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/signal_64.c
@@ -708,7 +708,7 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE3(swapcontext, struct ucontext __user *, old_ctx,
 	 * We kill the task with a SIGSEGV in this situation.
 	 */
 
-	if (__copy_from_user(&set, &new_ctx->uc_sigmask, sizeof(set)))
+	if (__get_user_sigset(&set, &new_ctx->uc_sigmask))
 		do_exit(SIGSEGV);
 	set_current_blocked(&set);
 
@@ -747,7 +747,7 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE0(rt_sigreturn)
 	if (!access_ok(uc, sizeof(*uc)))
 		goto badframe;
 
-	if (__copy_from_user(&set, &uc->uc_sigmask, sizeof(set)))
+	if (__get_user_sigset(&set, &uc->uc_sigmask))
 		goto badframe;
 	set_current_blocked(&set);