diff --git a/arch/c6x/kernel/signal.c b/arch/c6x/kernel/signal.c
index 3b5a0509998..cf37478c116 100644
--- a/arch/c6x/kernel/signal.c
+++ b/arch/c6x/kernel/signal.c
@@ -69,6 +69,9 @@ asmlinkage int do_rt_sigreturn(struct pt_regs *regs)
 	struct rt_sigframe __user *frame;
 	sigset_t set;
 
+	/* Always make any pending restarted system calls return -EINTR */
+	current_thread_info()->restart_block.fn = do_no_restart_syscall;
+
 	/*
 	 * Since we stacked the signal on a dword boundary,
 	 * 'sp' should be dword aligned here.  If it's