diff --git a/arch/um/kernel/time_kern.c b/arch/um/kernel/time_kern.c
index 6712ffad0242..6fa4e1b892b7 100644
--- a/arch/um/kernel/time_kern.c
+++ b/arch/um/kernel/time_kern.c
@@ -84,12 +84,11 @@ void timer_irq(union uml_pt_regs *regs)
 	}
 }
 
-void boot_timer_handler(int sig)
+void do_boot_timer_handler(struct sigcontext * sc)
 {
 	struct pt_regs regs;
 
-	CHOOSE_MODE((void)
-		    (UPT_SC(&regs.regs) = (struct sigcontext *) (&sig + 1)),
+	CHOOSE_MODE((void) (UPT_SC(&regs.regs) = sc),
 		    (void) (regs.regs.skas.is_user = 0));
 	do_timer(&regs);
 }
diff --git a/arch/um/os-Linux/signal.c b/arch/um/os-Linux/signal.c
index da474a797fbf..884e45751944 100644
--- a/arch/um/os-Linux/signal.c
+++ b/arch/um/os-Linux/signal.c
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@
 #include <string.h>
 #include <sys/mman.h>
 #include "user_util.h"
-#include "kern_util.h"
 #include "user.h"
 #include "signal_kern.h"
 #include "sysdep/sigcontext.h"
@@ -49,6 +48,17 @@ void alarm_handler(ARCH_SIGHDLR_PARAM)
 		switch_timers(1);
 }
 
+extern void do_boot_timer_handler(struct sigcontext * sc);
+
+void boot_timer_handler(ARCH_SIGHDLR_PARAM)
+{
+	struct sigcontext *sc;
+
+	ARCH_GET_SIGCONTEXT(sc, sig);
+
+	do_boot_timer_handler(sc);
+}
+
 void set_sigstack(void *sig_stack, int size)
 {
 	stack_t stack = ((stack_t) { .ss_flags	= 0,