diff --git a/include/linux/sched.h b/include/linux/sched.h
index 2950c5cd3005..77fd49f20c5f 100644
--- a/include/linux/sched.h
+++ b/include/linux/sched.h
@@ -2576,6 +2576,18 @@ static inline int kill_cad_pid(int sig, int priv)
  */
 static inline int on_sig_stack(unsigned long sp)
 {
+	/*
+	 * If the signal stack is SS_AUTODISARM then, by construction, we
+	 * can't be on the signal stack unless user code deliberately set
+	 * SS_AUTODISARM when we were already on it.
+	 *
+	 * This improves reliability: if user state gets corrupted such that
+	 * the stack pointer points very close to the end of the signal stack,
+	 * then this check will enable the signal to be handled anyway.
+	 */
+	if (current->sas_ss_flags & SS_AUTODISARM)
+		return 0;
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_STACK_GROWSUP
 	return sp >= current->sas_ss_sp &&
 		sp - current->sas_ss_sp < current->sas_ss_size;