diff --git a/kernel/signal.c b/kernel/signal.c
index ea15410..dfb09ba 100644
--- a/kernel/signal.c
+++ b/kernel/signal.c
@@ -1922,6 +1922,8 @@
 	sigset_t *mask = &current->blocked;
 	int signr = 0;
 
+	try_to_freeze();
+
 relock:
 	spin_lock_irq(&current->sighand->siglock);
 	for (;;) {
@@ -2307,7 +2309,6 @@
 
 			timeout = schedule_timeout_interruptible(timeout);
 
-			try_to_freeze();
 			spin_lock_irq(&current->sighand->siglock);
 			sig = dequeue_signal(current, &these, &info);
 			current->blocked = current->real_blocked;