1 files changed, 13 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/md/md.c b/drivers/md/md.c
index a9f032e341cb..f3fed662f32e 100644
--- a/drivers/md/md.c
+++ b/drivers/md/md.c
@@ -3437,10 +3437,19 @@ static int md_thread(void * arg)
         allow_signal(SIGKILL);
         while (!kthread_should_stop()) {
 
-                wait_event_timeout(thread->wqueue,
-                                   test_bit(THREAD_WAKEUP, &thread->flags)
-                                   || kthread_should_stop(),
-                                   thread->timeout);
+                /* We need to wait INTERRUPTIBLE so that
+                 * we don't add to the load-average.
+                 * That means we need to be sure no signals are
+                 * pending
+                 */
+                if (signal_pending(current))
+                        flush_signals(current);
+
+                wait_event_interruptible_timeout
+                        (thread->wqueue,
+                         test_bit(THREAD_WAKEUP, &thread->flags)
+                         || kthread_should_stop(),
+                         thread->timeout);
                 try_to_freeze();
 
                 clear_bit(THREAD_WAKEUP, &thread->flags);