diff --git a/arch/x86/entry/common.c b/arch/x86/entry/common.c
index 1c4849467a2fd1945effb2f78f54106a19c6aad6..8138d5f6213d145182fc9c7aa50a078b53a7a7b4 100644
--- a/arch/x86/entry/common.c
+++ b/arch/x86/entry/common.c
@@ -157,6 +157,13 @@ static void exit_to_usermode_loop(struct pt_regs *regs, u32 cached_flags)
 		if (cached_flags & _TIF_NEED_RESCHED)
 			schedule();
 
+#ifdef ARCH_RT_DELAYS_SIGNAL_SEND
+		if (unlikely(current->forced_info.si_signo)) {
+			struct task_struct *t = current;
+			force_sig_info(t->forced_info.si_signo, &t->forced_info, t);
+			t->forced_info.si_signo = 0;
+		}
+#endif
 		if (cached_flags & _TIF_UPROBE)
 			uprobe_notify_resume(regs);
 
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/signal.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/signal.h
index 33d3c88a7225ff938d81c8912d5ec05457b07e60..c00e27af2205a8a0179d8405c7886463c4862917 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/signal.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/signal.h
@@ -28,6 +28,19 @@ typedef struct {
 #define SA_IA32_ABI	0x02000000u
 #define SA_X32_ABI	0x01000000u
 
+/*
+ * Because some traps use the IST stack, we must keep preemption
+ * disabled while calling do_trap(), but do_trap() may call
+ * force_sig_info() which will grab the signal spin_locks for the
+ * task, which in PREEMPT_RT_FULL are mutexes.  By defining
+ * ARCH_RT_DELAYS_SIGNAL_SEND the force_sig_info() will set
+ * TIF_NOTIFY_RESUME and set up the signal to be sent on exit of the
+ * trap.
+ */
+#if defined(CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT_FULL)
+#define ARCH_RT_DELAYS_SIGNAL_SEND
+#endif
+
 #ifndef CONFIG_COMPAT
 typedef sigset_t compat_sigset_t;
 #endif
diff --git a/include/linux/sched.h b/include/linux/sched.h
index 999f6c2572bd57d6bd7632bb63da70c754e862d3..ac7587f10233c793e61d2c5a9d28f250d94034ab 100644
--- a/include/linux/sched.h
+++ b/include/linux/sched.h
@@ -973,6 +973,10 @@ struct task_struct {
 	/* Restored if set_restore_sigmask() was used: */
 	sigset_t			saved_sigmask;
 	struct sigpending		pending;
+#ifdef CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT_FULL
+	/* TODO: move me into ->restart_block ? */
+	struct				siginfo forced_info;
+#endif
 	unsigned long			sas_ss_sp;
 	size_t				sas_ss_size;
 	unsigned int			sas_ss_flags;
diff --git a/kernel/signal.c b/kernel/signal.c
index 29cab76b1058b6bac6db11f7255ad20abb561a7f..e70f9439f7beb0703757e733641c3e734c8d9b23 100644
--- a/kernel/signal.c
+++ b/kernel/signal.c
@@ -1273,8 +1273,8 @@ int do_send_sig_info(int sig, struct siginfo *info, struct task_struct *p,
  * We don't want to have recursive SIGSEGV's etc, for example,
  * that is why we also clear SIGNAL_UNKILLABLE.
  */
-int
-force_sig_info(int sig, struct siginfo *info, struct task_struct *t)
+static int
+do_force_sig_info(int sig, struct siginfo *info, struct task_struct *t)
 {
 	unsigned long int flags;
 	int ret, blocked, ignored;
@@ -1303,6 +1303,39 @@ force_sig_info(int sig, struct siginfo *info, struct task_struct *t)
 	return ret;
 }
 
+int force_sig_info(int sig, struct siginfo *info, struct task_struct *t)
+{
+/*
+ * On some archs, PREEMPT_RT has to delay sending a signal from a trap
+ * since it can not enable preemption, and the signal code's spin_locks
+ * turn into mutexes. Instead, it must set TIF_NOTIFY_RESUME which will
+ * send the signal on exit of the trap.
+ */
+#ifdef ARCH_RT_DELAYS_SIGNAL_SEND
+	if (in_atomic()) {
+		if (WARN_ON_ONCE(t != current))
+			return 0;
+		if (WARN_ON_ONCE(t->forced_info.si_signo))
+			return 0;
+
+		if (is_si_special(info)) {
+			WARN_ON_ONCE(info != SEND_SIG_PRIV);
+			t->forced_info.si_signo = sig;
+			t->forced_info.si_errno = 0;
+			t->forced_info.si_code = SI_KERNEL;
+			t->forced_info.si_pid = 0;
+			t->forced_info.si_uid = 0;
+		} else {
+			t->forced_info = *info;
+		}
+
+		set_tsk_thread_flag(t, TIF_NOTIFY_RESUME);
+		return 0;
+	}
+#endif
+	return do_force_sig_info(sig, info, t);
+}
+
 /*
  * Nuke all other threads in the group.
  */