diff --git a/include/linux/sched.h b/include/linux/sched.h
index 0917b3df12d5..fe970cdca83c 100644
--- a/include/linux/sched.h
+++ b/include/linux/sched.h
@@ -561,6 +561,8 @@ struct signal_struct {
 #define SIGNAL_CLD_CONTINUED	0x00000020
 #define SIGNAL_CLD_MASK		(SIGNAL_CLD_STOPPED|SIGNAL_CLD_CONTINUED)
 
+#define SIGNAL_UNKILLABLE	0x00000040 /* for init: ignore fatal signals */
+
 /* If true, all threads except ->group_exit_task have pending SIGKILL */
 static inline int signal_group_exit(const struct signal_struct *sig)
 {
diff --git a/init/main.c b/init/main.c
index 624266b524d4..1f4406477f83 100644
--- a/init/main.c
+++ b/init/main.c
@@ -802,6 +802,8 @@ static int noinline init_post(void)
 	(void) sys_dup(0);
 	(void) sys_dup(0);
 
+	current->signal->flags |= SIGNAL_UNKILLABLE;
+
 	if (ramdisk_execute_command) {
 		run_init_process(ramdisk_execute_command);
 		printk(KERN_WARNING "Failed to execute %s\n",
diff --git a/kernel/signal.c b/kernel/signal.c
index 02ef3548aeb0..646a8765696a 100644
--- a/kernel/signal.c
+++ b/kernel/signal.c
@@ -728,7 +728,8 @@ static void complete_signal(int sig, struct task_struct *p, int group)
 	 * Found a killable thread.  If the signal will be fatal,
 	 * then start taking the whole group down immediately.
 	 */
-	if (sig_fatal(p, sig) && !(signal->flags & SIGNAL_GROUP_EXIT) &&
+	if (sig_fatal(p, sig) &&
+	    !(signal->flags & (SIGNAL_UNKILLABLE | SIGNAL_GROUP_EXIT)) &&
 	    !sigismember(&t->real_blocked, sig) &&
 	    (sig == SIGKILL || !(t->ptrace & PT_PTRACED))) {
 		/*
@@ -1615,7 +1616,8 @@ static int do_signal_stop(int signr)
 	} else {
 		struct task_struct *t;
 
-		if (!likely(sig->flags & SIGNAL_STOP_DEQUEUED) ||
+		if (unlikely((sig->flags & (SIGNAL_STOP_DEQUEUED | SIGNAL_UNKILLABLE))
+					 != SIGNAL_STOP_DEQUEUED) ||
 		    unlikely(signal_group_exit(sig)))
 			return 0;
 		/*
@@ -1761,7 +1763,8 @@ relock:
 		/*
 		 * Global init gets no signals it doesn't want.
 		 */
-		if (is_global_init(current))
+		if (unlikely(signal->flags & SIGNAL_UNKILLABLE) &&
+		    !signal_group_exit(signal))
 			continue;
 
 		if (sig_kernel_stop(signr)) {