diff --git a/fs/aio.c b/fs/aio.c
index 3490d1fa0e16..ebd2b1980161 100644
--- a/fs/aio.c
+++ b/fs/aio.c
@@ -2095,7 +2095,7 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE6(io_pgetevents,
 	struct __aio_sigset	ksig = { NULL, };
 	sigset_t		ksigmask, sigsaved;
 	struct timespec64	ts;
-	int ret;
+	int ret, signal_detected;
 
 	if (timeout && unlikely(get_timespec64(&ts, timeout)))
 		return -EFAULT;
@@ -2108,8 +2108,8 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE6(io_pgetevents,
 		return ret;
 
 	ret = do_io_getevents(ctx_id, min_nr, nr, events, timeout ? &ts : NULL);
-	restore_user_sigmask(ksig.sigmask, &sigsaved);
-	if (signal_pending(current) && !ret)
+	signal_detected = restore_user_sigmask(ksig.sigmask, &sigsaved);
+	if (signal_detected && !ret)
 		ret = -ERESTARTNOHAND;
 
 	return ret;
@@ -2128,7 +2128,7 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE6(io_pgetevents_time32,
 	struct __aio_sigset	ksig = { NULL, };
 	sigset_t		ksigmask, sigsaved;
 	struct timespec64	ts;
-	int ret;
+	int ret, signal_detected;
 
 	if (timeout && unlikely(get_old_timespec32(&ts, timeout)))
 		return -EFAULT;
@@ -2142,8 +2142,8 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE6(io_pgetevents_time32,
 		return ret;
 
 	ret = do_io_getevents(ctx_id, min_nr, nr, events, timeout ? &ts : NULL);
-	restore_user_sigmask(ksig.sigmask, &sigsaved);
-	if (signal_pending(current) && !ret)
+	signal_detected = restore_user_sigmask(ksig.sigmask, &sigsaved);
+	if (signal_detected && !ret)
 		ret = -ERESTARTNOHAND;
 
 	return ret;
@@ -2193,7 +2193,7 @@ COMPAT_SYSCALL_DEFINE6(io_pgetevents,
 	struct __compat_aio_sigset ksig = { NULL, };
 	sigset_t ksigmask, sigsaved;
 	struct timespec64 t;
-	int ret;
+	int ret, signal_detected;
 
 	if (timeout && get_old_timespec32(&t, timeout))
 		return -EFAULT;
@@ -2206,8 +2206,8 @@ COMPAT_SYSCALL_DEFINE6(io_pgetevents,
 		return ret;
 
 	ret = do_io_getevents(ctx_id, min_nr, nr, events, timeout ? &t : NULL);
-	restore_user_sigmask(ksig.sigmask, &sigsaved);
-	if (signal_pending(current) && !ret)
+	signal_detected = restore_user_sigmask(ksig.sigmask, &sigsaved);
+	if (signal_detected && !ret)
 		ret = -ERESTARTNOHAND;
 
 	return ret;
@@ -2226,7 +2226,7 @@ COMPAT_SYSCALL_DEFINE6(io_pgetevents_time64,
 	struct __compat_aio_sigset ksig = { NULL, };
 	sigset_t ksigmask, sigsaved;
 	struct timespec64 t;
-	int ret;
+	int ret, signal_detected;
 
 	if (timeout && get_timespec64(&t, timeout))
 		return -EFAULT;
@@ -2239,8 +2239,8 @@ COMPAT_SYSCALL_DEFINE6(io_pgetevents_time64,
 		return ret;
 
 	ret = do_io_getevents(ctx_id, min_nr, nr, events, timeout ? &t : NULL);
-	restore_user_sigmask(ksig.sigmask, &sigsaved);
-	if (signal_pending(current) && !ret)
+	signal_detected = restore_user_sigmask(ksig.sigmask, &sigsaved);
+	if (signal_detected && !ret)
 		ret = -ERESTARTNOHAND;
 
 	return ret;
diff --git a/fs/eventpoll.c b/fs/eventpoll.c
index 4a0e98d87fcc..fe5a0724b417 100644
--- a/fs/eventpoll.c
+++ b/fs/eventpoll.c
@@ -2317,7 +2317,7 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE6(epoll_pwait, int, epfd, struct epoll_event __user *, events,
 		int, maxevents, int, timeout, const sigset_t __user *, sigmask,
 		size_t, sigsetsize)
 {
-	int error;
+	int error, signal_detected;
 	sigset_t ksigmask, sigsaved;
 
 	/*
@@ -2330,7 +2330,10 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE6(epoll_pwait, int, epfd, struct epoll_event __user *, events,
 
 	error = do_epoll_wait(epfd, events, maxevents, timeout);
 
-	restore_user_sigmask(sigmask, &sigsaved);
+	signal_detected = restore_user_sigmask(sigmask, &sigsaved);
+
+	if (signal_detected && !error)
+		error = -EINTR;
 
 	return error;
 }
@@ -2342,7 +2345,7 @@ COMPAT_SYSCALL_DEFINE6(epoll_pwait, int, epfd,
 			const compat_sigset_t __user *, sigmask,
 			compat_size_t, sigsetsize)
 {
-	long err;
+	long err, signal_detected;
 	sigset_t ksigmask, sigsaved;
 
 	/*
@@ -2355,7 +2358,10 @@ COMPAT_SYSCALL_DEFINE6(epoll_pwait, int, epfd,
 
 	err = do_epoll_wait(epfd, events, maxevents, timeout);
 
-	restore_user_sigmask(sigmask, &sigsaved);
+	signal_detected = restore_user_sigmask(sigmask, &sigsaved);
+
+	if (signal_detected && !err)
+		err = -EINTR;
 
 	return err;
 }
diff --git a/fs/io_uring.c b/fs/io_uring.c
index e11d77181398..b785c8d7efc4 100644
--- a/fs/io_uring.c
+++ b/fs/io_uring.c
@@ -2205,8 +2205,11 @@ static int io_cqring_wait(struct io_ring_ctx *ctx, int min_events,
 	if (ret == -ERESTARTSYS)
 		ret = -EINTR;
 
-	if (sig)
-		restore_user_sigmask(sig, &sigsaved);
+	if (sig) {
+		signal_detected = restore_user_sigmask(sig, &sigsaved);
+		if (signal_detected && !ret)
+			ret  = -EINTR;
+	}
 
 	return READ_ONCE(ring->r.head) == READ_ONCE(ring->r.tail) ? ret : 0;
 }
diff --git a/fs/select.c b/fs/select.c
index 6cbc9ff56ba0..da9cfea35159 100644
--- a/fs/select.c
+++ b/fs/select.c
@@ -732,7 +732,7 @@ static long do_pselect(int n, fd_set __user *inp, fd_set __user *outp,
 {
 	sigset_t ksigmask, sigsaved;
 	struct timespec64 ts, end_time, *to = NULL;
-	int ret;
+	int ret, signal_detected;
 
 	if (tsp) {
 		switch (type) {
@@ -760,7 +760,9 @@ static long do_pselect(int n, fd_set __user *inp, fd_set __user *outp,
 	ret = core_sys_select(n, inp, outp, exp, to);
 	ret = poll_select_copy_remaining(&end_time, tsp, type, ret);
 
-	restore_user_sigmask(sigmask, &sigsaved);
+	signal_detected = restore_user_sigmask(sigmask, &sigsaved);
+	if (signal_detected && !ret)
+		ret = -EINTR;
 
 	return ret;
 }
@@ -1089,7 +1091,7 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE5(ppoll, struct pollfd __user *, ufds, unsigned int, nfds,
 {
 	sigset_t ksigmask, sigsaved;
 	struct timespec64 ts, end_time, *to = NULL;
-	int ret;
+	int ret, signal_detected;
 
 	if (tsp) {
 		if (get_timespec64(&ts, tsp))
@@ -1106,10 +1108,10 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE5(ppoll, struct pollfd __user *, ufds, unsigned int, nfds,
 
 	ret = do_sys_poll(ufds, nfds, to);
 
-	restore_user_sigmask(sigmask, &sigsaved);
+	signal_detected = restore_user_sigmask(sigmask, &sigsaved);
 
 	/* We can restart this syscall, usually */
-	if (ret == -EINTR)
+	if (ret == -EINTR || (signal_detected && !ret))
 		ret = -ERESTARTNOHAND;
 
 	ret = poll_select_copy_remaining(&end_time, tsp, PT_TIMESPEC, ret);
@@ -1125,7 +1127,7 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE5(ppoll_time32, struct pollfd __user *, ufds, unsigned int, nfds,
 {
 	sigset_t ksigmask, sigsaved;
 	struct timespec64 ts, end_time, *to = NULL;
-	int ret;
+	int ret, signal_detected;
 
 	if (tsp) {
 		if (get_old_timespec32(&ts, tsp))
@@ -1142,10 +1144,10 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE5(ppoll_time32, struct pollfd __user *, ufds, unsigned int, nfds,
 
 	ret = do_sys_poll(ufds, nfds, to);
 
-	restore_user_sigmask(sigmask, &sigsaved);
+	signal_detected = restore_user_sigmask(sigmask, &sigsaved);
 
 	/* We can restart this syscall, usually */
-	if (ret == -EINTR)
+	if (ret == -EINTR || (signal_detected && !ret))
 		ret = -ERESTARTNOHAND;
 
 	ret = poll_select_copy_remaining(&end_time, tsp, PT_OLD_TIMESPEC, ret);
@@ -1324,7 +1326,7 @@ static long do_compat_pselect(int n, compat_ulong_t __user *inp,
 {
 	sigset_t ksigmask, sigsaved;
 	struct timespec64 ts, end_time, *to = NULL;
-	int ret;
+	int ret, signal_detected;
 
 	if (tsp) {
 		switch (type) {
@@ -1352,7 +1354,10 @@ static long do_compat_pselect(int n, compat_ulong_t __user *inp,
 	ret = compat_core_sys_select(n, inp, outp, exp, to);
 	ret = poll_select_copy_remaining(&end_time, tsp, type, ret);
 
-	restore_user_sigmask(sigmask, &sigsaved);
+	signal_detected = restore_user_sigmask(sigmask, &sigsaved);
+
+	if (signal_detected && !ret)
+		ret = -EINTR;
 
 	return ret;
 }
@@ -1408,7 +1413,7 @@ COMPAT_SYSCALL_DEFINE5(ppoll_time32, struct pollfd __user *, ufds,
 {
 	sigset_t ksigmask, sigsaved;
 	struct timespec64 ts, end_time, *to = NULL;
-	int ret;
+	int ret, signal_detected;
 
 	if (tsp) {
 		if (get_old_timespec32(&ts, tsp))
@@ -1425,10 +1430,10 @@ COMPAT_SYSCALL_DEFINE5(ppoll_time32, struct pollfd __user *, ufds,
 
 	ret = do_sys_poll(ufds, nfds, to);
 
-	restore_user_sigmask(sigmask, &sigsaved);
+	signal_detected = restore_user_sigmask(sigmask, &sigsaved);
 
 	/* We can restart this syscall, usually */
-	if (ret == -EINTR)
+	if (ret == -EINTR || (signal_detected && !ret))
 		ret = -ERESTARTNOHAND;
 
 	ret = poll_select_copy_remaining(&end_time, tsp, PT_OLD_TIMESPEC, ret);
@@ -1444,7 +1449,7 @@ COMPAT_SYSCALL_DEFINE5(ppoll_time64, struct pollfd __user *, ufds,
 {
 	sigset_t ksigmask, sigsaved;
 	struct timespec64 ts, end_time, *to = NULL;
-	int ret;
+	int ret, signal_detected;
 
 	if (tsp) {
 		if (get_timespec64(&ts, tsp))
@@ -1461,10 +1466,10 @@ COMPAT_SYSCALL_DEFINE5(ppoll_time64, struct pollfd __user *, ufds,
 
 	ret = do_sys_poll(ufds, nfds, to);
 
-	restore_user_sigmask(sigmask, &sigsaved);
+	signal_detected = restore_user_sigmask(sigmask, &sigsaved);
 
 	/* We can restart this syscall, usually */
-	if (ret == -EINTR)
+	if (ret == -EINTR || (signal_detected && !ret))
 		ret = -ERESTARTNOHAND;
 
 	ret = poll_select_copy_remaining(&end_time, tsp, PT_TIMESPEC, ret);
diff --git a/include/linux/signal.h b/include/linux/signal.h
index 9702016734b1..1d36e8629edf 100644
--- a/include/linux/signal.h
+++ b/include/linux/signal.h
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ extern int __group_send_sig_info(int, struct kernel_siginfo *, struct task_struc
 extern int sigprocmask(int, sigset_t *, sigset_t *);
 extern int set_user_sigmask(const sigset_t __user *usigmask, sigset_t *set,
 	sigset_t *oldset, size_t sigsetsize);
-extern void restore_user_sigmask(const void __user *usigmask,
+extern int restore_user_sigmask(const void __user *usigmask,
 				 sigset_t *sigsaved);
 extern void set_current_blocked(sigset_t *);
 extern void __set_current_blocked(const sigset_t *);
diff --git a/kernel/signal.c b/kernel/signal.c
index 1c86b78a7597..7cc33d23ee4b 100644
--- a/kernel/signal.c
+++ b/kernel/signal.c
@@ -2916,15 +2916,21 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(set_compat_user_sigmask);
  * usigmask: sigmask passed in from userland.
  * sigsaved: saved sigmask when the syscall started and changed the sigmask to
  *           usigmask.
+ * returns 1 in case a pending signal is detected.
+ *
+ * Users of the api need to adjust their return values based on whether the
+ * signal was detected here. If a signal is detected, it is delivered to the
+ * userspace. So without an error like -ETINR, userspace might fail to
+ * adjust the flow of execution.
  *
  * This is useful for syscalls such as ppoll, pselect, io_pgetevents and
  * epoll_pwait where a new sigmask is passed in from userland for the syscalls.
  */
-void restore_user_sigmask(const void __user *usigmask, sigset_t *sigsaved)
+int restore_user_sigmask(const void __user *usigmask, sigset_t *sigsaved)
 {
 
 	if (!usigmask)
-		return;
+		return 0;
 	/*
 	 * When signals are pending, do not restore them here.
 	 * Restoring sigmask here can lead to delivering signals that the above
@@ -2933,7 +2939,7 @@ void restore_user_sigmask(const void __user *usigmask, sigset_t *sigsaved)
 	if (signal_pending(current)) {
 		current->saved_sigmask = *sigsaved;
 		set_restore_sigmask();
-		return;
+		return 1;
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -2941,6 +2947,7 @@ void restore_user_sigmask(const void __user *usigmask, sigset_t *sigsaved)
 	 * saved_sigmask when signals are not pending.
 	 */
 	set_current_blocked(sigsaved);
+	return 0;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(restore_user_sigmask);
 
