diff --git a/arch/openrisc/kernel/signal.c b/arch/openrisc/kernel/signal.c
index 99516c9191c7..92c5b70740f5 100644
--- a/arch/openrisc/kernel/signal.c
+++ b/arch/openrisc/kernel/signal.c
@@ -313,7 +313,7 @@ do_work_pending(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned int thread_flags, int syscall)
 			}
 		}
 		local_irq_disable();
-		thread_flags = current_thread_info()->flags;
+		thread_flags = read_thread_flags();
 	} while (thread_flags & _TIF_WORK_MASK);
 	return 0;
 }