diff --git a/kernel/signal.c b/kernel/signal.c
index fe590e00db8..f9405609774 100644
--- a/kernel/signal.c
+++ b/kernel/signal.c
@@ -363,7 +363,13 @@ static int __dequeue_signal(struct sigpending *pending, sigset_t *mask,
  */
 int dequeue_signal(struct task_struct *tsk, sigset_t *mask, siginfo_t *info)
 {
-	int signr = __dequeue_signal(&tsk->pending, mask, info);
+	int signr = 0;
+
+	/* We only dequeue private signals from ourselves, we don't let
+	 * signalfd steal them
+	 */
+	if (tsk == current)
+		signr = __dequeue_signal(&tsk->pending, mask, info);
 	if (!signr) {
 		signr = __dequeue_signal(&tsk->signal->shared_pending,
 					 mask, info);