diff --git a/kernel/signal.c b/kernel/signal.c
index bf97ea5775ae..ab122a2cee41 100644
--- a/kernel/signal.c
+++ b/kernel/signal.c
@@ -3099,7 +3099,8 @@ do_sigaltstack (const stack_t __user *uss, stack_t __user *uoss, unsigned long s
 
 	oss.ss_sp = (void __user *) current->sas_ss_sp;
 	oss.ss_size = current->sas_ss_size;
-	oss.ss_flags = sas_ss_flags(sp);
+	oss.ss_flags = sas_ss_flags(sp) |
+		(current->sas_ss_flags & SS_FLAG_BITS);
 
 	if (uss) {
 		void __user *ss_sp;
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/sigaltstack/sas.c b/tools/testing/selftests/sigaltstack/sas.c
index a98c3ef8141f..4280d0699792 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/sigaltstack/sas.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/sigaltstack/sas.c
@@ -113,6 +113,19 @@ int main(void)
 		perror("mmap()");
 		return EXIT_FAILURE;
 	}
+
+	err = sigaltstack(NULL, &stk);
+	if (err) {
+		perror("[FAIL]\tsigaltstack()");
+		exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+	}
+	if (stk.ss_flags == SS_DISABLE) {
+		printf("[OK]\tInitial sigaltstack state was SS_DISABLE\n");
+	} else {
+		printf("[FAIL]\tInitial sigaltstack state was %i; should have been SS_DISABLE\n", stk.ss_flags);
+		return EXIT_FAILURE;
+	}
+
 	stk.ss_sp = sstack;
 	stk.ss_size = SIGSTKSZ;
 	stk.ss_flags = SS_ONSTACK | SS_AUTODISARM;
@@ -151,12 +164,12 @@ int main(void)
 		perror("[FAIL]\tsigaltstack()");
 		exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
 	}
-	if (stk.ss_flags != 0) {
-		printf("[FAIL]\tss_flags=%i, should be 0\n",
+	if (stk.ss_flags != SS_AUTODISARM) {
+		printf("[FAIL]\tss_flags=%i, should be SS_AUTODISARM\n",
 				stk.ss_flags);
 		exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
 	}
-	printf("[OK]\tsigaltstack is enabled after signal\n");
+	printf("[OK]\tsigaltstack is still SS_AUTODISARM after signal\n");
 
 	printf("[OK]\tTest passed\n");
 	return 0;