diff --git a/libc/bionic/sigaction.cpp b/libc/bionic/sigaction.cpp
index 42dcccd..96e6f3c 100644
--- a/libc/bionic/sigaction.cpp
+++ b/libc/bionic/sigaction.cpp
@@ -43,7 +43,8 @@
   if (bionic_new_action != nullptr) {
     kernel_new_action.sa_flags = bionic_new_action->sa_flags;
     kernel_new_action.sa_handler = bionic_new_action->sa_handler;
-    kernel_new_action.sa_mask = filter_reserved_signals(bionic_new_action->sa_mask, SIG_SETMASK);
+    // Don't filter signals here; if the caller asked for everything to be blocked, we should obey.
+    kernel_new_action.sa_mask = bionic_new_action->sa_mask;
 #if defined(SA_RESTORER)
     kernel_new_action.sa_restorer = bionic_new_action->sa_restorer;
 #if defined(__aarch64__)
@@ -95,6 +96,7 @@
 #if defined(SA_RESTORER)
     kernel_new.sa_restorer = bionic_new->sa_restorer;
 #endif
+    // Don't filter signals here; if the caller asked for everything to be blocked, we should obey.
     memcpy(&kernel_new.sa_mask, &bionic_new->sa_mask, sizeof(bionic_new->sa_mask));
   }
 
@@ -122,7 +124,8 @@
       kernel_new.sa_restorer = (kernel_new.sa_flags & SA_SIGINFO) ? &__restore_rt : &__restore;
     }
 #endif
-    kernel_new.sa_mask = filter_reserved_signals(kernel_new.sa_mask, SIG_SETMASK);
+    // Don't filter signals here; if the caller asked for everything to be blocked, we should obey.
+    kernel_new.sa_mask = kernel_new.sa_mask;
   }
 
   return __rt_sigaction(signal,