diff --git a/arch/openrisc/include/asm/thread_info.h b/arch/openrisc/include/asm/thread_info.h
index 9afe68bc423b..4f9d2a261455 100644
--- a/arch/openrisc/include/asm/thread_info.h
+++ b/arch/openrisc/include/asm/thread_info.h
@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@ register struct thread_info *current_thread_info_reg asm("r10");
 #define TIF_SINGLESTEP		4	/* restore singlestep on return to user
 					 * mode
 					 */
+#define TIF_NOTIFY_SIGNAL	5	/* signal notifications exist */
 #define TIF_SYSCALL_TRACEPOINT  8       /* for ftrace syscall instrumentation */
 #define TIF_RESTORE_SIGMASK     9
 #define TIF_POLLING_NRFLAG	16	/* true if poll_idle() is polling						 * TIF_NEED_RESCHED
@@ -109,6 +110,7 @@ register struct thread_info *current_thread_info_reg asm("r10");
 #define _TIF_SIGPENDING		(1<<TIF_SIGPENDING)
 #define _TIF_NEED_RESCHED	(1<<TIF_NEED_RESCHED)
 #define _TIF_SINGLESTEP		(1<<TIF_SINGLESTEP)
+#define _TIF_NOTIFY_SIGNAL	(1<<TIF_NOTIFY_SIGNAL)
 #define _TIF_POLLING_NRFLAG	(1<<TIF_POLLING_NRFLAG)
 
 
diff --git a/arch/openrisc/kernel/signal.c b/arch/openrisc/kernel/signal.c
index af66f968dd45..1ebcff271096 100644
--- a/arch/openrisc/kernel/signal.c
+++ b/arch/openrisc/kernel/signal.c
@@ -299,7 +299,7 @@ do_work_pending(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned int thread_flags, int syscall)
 			if (unlikely(!user_mode(regs)))
 				return 0;
 			local_irq_enable();
-			if (thread_flags & _TIF_SIGPENDING) {
+			if (thread_flags & (_TIF_SIGPENDING|_TIF_NOTIFY_SIGNAL)) {
 				int restart = do_signal(regs, syscall);
 				if (unlikely(restart)) {
 					/*