diff --git a/include/linux/signal_types.h b/include/linux/signal_types.h
index 34cb28b8f16c..a70b2bdbf4d9 100644
--- a/include/linux/signal_types.h
+++ b/include/linux/signal_types.h
@@ -70,6 +70,9 @@ struct ksignal {
 	int sig;
 };
 
+/* Used to kill the race between sigaction and forced signals */
+#define SA_IMMUTABLE		0x00800000
+
 #ifndef __ARCH_UAPI_SA_FLAGS
 #ifdef SA_RESTORER
 #define __ARCH_UAPI_SA_FLAGS	SA_RESTORER
diff --git a/include/uapi/asm-generic/signal-defs.h b/include/uapi/asm-generic/signal-defs.h
index fe929e7b77ca..7572f2f46ee8 100644
--- a/include/uapi/asm-generic/signal-defs.h
+++ b/include/uapi/asm-generic/signal-defs.h
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@
 #define SA_UNSUPPORTED	0x00000400
 #define SA_EXPOSE_TAGBITS	0x00000800
 /* 0x00010000 used on mips */
+/* 0x00800000 used for internal SA_IMMUTABLE */
 /* 0x01000000 used on x86 */
 /* 0x02000000 used on x86 */
 /*
diff --git a/kernel/signal.c b/kernel/signal.c
index cdf314be1373..ef46309a9409 100644
--- a/kernel/signal.c
+++ b/kernel/signal.c
@@ -1323,6 +1323,7 @@ force_sig_info_to_task(struct kernel_siginfo *info, struct task_struct *t, bool
 	blocked = sigismember(&t->blocked, sig);
 	if (blocked || ignored || sigdfl) {
 		action->sa.sa_handler = SIG_DFL;
+		action->sa.sa_flags |= SA_IMMUTABLE;
 		if (blocked) {
 			sigdelset(&t->blocked, sig);
 			recalc_sigpending_and_wake(t);
@@ -2729,7 +2730,8 @@ relock:
 		if (!signr)
 			break; /* will return 0 */
 
-		if (unlikely(current->ptrace) && signr != SIGKILL) {
+		if (unlikely(current->ptrace) && (signr != SIGKILL) &&
+		    !(sighand->action[signr -1].sa.sa_flags & SA_IMMUTABLE)) {
 			signr = ptrace_signal(signr, &ksig->info);
 			if (!signr)
 				continue;
@@ -4079,6 +4081,10 @@ int do_sigaction(int sig, struct k_sigaction *act, struct k_sigaction *oact)
 	k = &p->sighand->action[sig-1];
 
 	spin_lock_irq(&p->sighand->siglock);
+	if (k->sa.sa_flags & SA_IMMUTABLE) {
+		spin_unlock_irq(&p->sighand->siglock);
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
 	if (oact)
 		*oact = *k;