diff --git a/kernel/signal.c b/kernel/signal.c
index c5b9aab..50ad439 100644
--- a/kernel/signal.c
+++ b/kernel/signal.c
@@ -341,7 +341,6 @@
 static int collect_signal(int sig, struct sigpending *list, siginfo_t *info)
 {
 	struct sigqueue *q, *first = NULL;
-	int still_pending = 0;
 
 	/*
 	 * Collect the siginfo appropriate to this signal.  Check if
@@ -349,26 +348,24 @@
 	*/
 	list_for_each_entry(q, &list->list, list) {
 		if (q->info.si_signo == sig) {
-			if (first) {
-				still_pending = 1;
-				break;
-			}
+			if (first)
+				goto still_pending;
 			first = q;
 		}
 	}
+
+	sigdelset(&list->signal, sig);
+
 	if (first) {
+still_pending:
 		list_del_init(&first->list);
 		copy_siginfo(info, &first->info);
 		__sigqueue_free(first);
-		if (!still_pending)
-			sigdelset(&list->signal, sig);
 	} else {
-
 		/* Ok, it wasn't in the queue.  This must be
 		   a fast-pathed signal or we must have been
 		   out of queue space.  So zero out the info.
 		 */
-		sigdelset(&list->signal, sig);
 		info->si_signo = sig;
 		info->si_errno = 0;
 		info->si_code = 0;