diff --git a/kernel/compat.c b/kernel/compat.c
index d43b180..a46a4a4 100644
--- a/kernel/compat.c
+++ b/kernel/compat.c
@@ -467,17 +467,26 @@ long compat_put_bitmap(compat_ulong_t __user *umask, unsigned long *mask,
 	return -EFAULT;
 }
 
-void
-sigset_from_compat(sigset_t *set, const compat_sigset_t *compat)
+int
+get_compat_sigset(sigset_t *set, const compat_sigset_t __user *compat)
 {
+#ifdef __BIG_ENDIAN
+	compat_sigset_t v;
+	if (copy_from_user(&v, compat, sizeof(compat_sigset_t)))
+		return -EFAULT;
 	switch (_NSIG_WORDS) {
-	case 4: set->sig[3] = compat->sig[6] | (((long)compat->sig[7]) << 32 );
-	case 3: set->sig[2] = compat->sig[4] | (((long)compat->sig[5]) << 32 );
-	case 2: set->sig[1] = compat->sig[2] | (((long)compat->sig[3]) << 32 );
-	case 1: set->sig[0] = compat->sig[0] | (((long)compat->sig[1]) << 32 );
+	case 4: set->sig[3] = v.sig[6] | (((long)v.sig[7]) << 32 );
+	case 3: set->sig[2] = v.sig[4] | (((long)v.sig[5]) << 32 );
+	case 2: set->sig[1] = v.sig[2] | (((long)v.sig[3]) << 32 );
+	case 1: set->sig[0] = v.sig[0] | (((long)v.sig[1]) << 32 );
 	}
+#else
+	if (copy_from_user(set, compat, sizeof(compat_sigset_t)))
+		return -EFAULT;
+#endif
+	return 0;
 }
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(sigset_from_compat);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(get_compat_sigset);
 
 int
 put_compat_sigset(compat_sigset_t __user *compat, const sigset_t *set,