diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/thread_info.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/thread_info.h
index fc44d3761f9e..ce73ab635414 100644
--- a/arch/arm/include/asm/thread_info.h
+++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/thread_info.h
@@ -44,16 +44,6 @@ struct cpu_context_save {
 	__u32	extra[2];		/* Xscale 'acc' register, etc */
 };
 
-struct arm_restart_block {
-	union {
-		/* For user cache flushing */
-		struct {
-			unsigned long start;
-			unsigned long end;
-		} cache;
-	};
-};
-
 /*
  * low level task data that entry.S needs immediate access to.
  * __switch_to() assumes cpu_context follows immediately after cpu_domain.
@@ -79,7 +69,6 @@ struct thread_info {
 	unsigned long		thumbee_state;	/* ThumbEE Handler Base register */
 #endif
 	struct restart_block	restart_block;
-	struct arm_restart_block	arm_restart_block;
 };
 
 #define INIT_THREAD_INFO(tsk)						\
diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/traps.c b/arch/arm/kernel/traps.c
index 0c8b10801d36..9f5d81881eb6 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/traps.c
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/traps.c
@@ -533,8 +533,6 @@ static int bad_syscall(int n, struct pt_regs *regs)
 	return regs->ARM_r0;
 }
 
-static long do_cache_op_restart(struct restart_block *);
-
 static inline int
 __do_cache_op(unsigned long start, unsigned long end)
 {
@@ -543,24 +541,8 @@ __do_cache_op(unsigned long start, unsigned long end)
 	do {
 		unsigned long chunk = min(PAGE_SIZE, end - start);
 
-		if (signal_pending(current)) {
-			struct thread_info *ti = current_thread_info();
-
-			ti->restart_block = (struct restart_block) {
-				.fn	= do_cache_op_restart,
-			};
-
-			ti->arm_restart_block = (struct arm_restart_block) {
-				{
-					.cache = {
-						.start	= start,
-						.end	= end,
-					},
-				},
-			};
-
-			return -ERESTART_RESTARTBLOCK;
-		}
+		if (fatal_signal_pending(current))
+			return 0;
 
 		ret = flush_cache_user_range(start, start + chunk);
 		if (ret)
@@ -573,15 +555,6 @@ __do_cache_op(unsigned long start, unsigned long end)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static long do_cache_op_restart(struct restart_block *unused)
-{
-	struct arm_restart_block *restart_block;
-
-	restart_block = &current_thread_info()->arm_restart_block;
-	return __do_cache_op(restart_block->cache.start,
-			     restart_block->cache.end);
-}
-
 static inline int
 do_cache_op(unsigned long start, unsigned long end, int flags)
 {