diff --git a/bsd-user/signal.c b/bsd-user/signal.c
index dadcc037dc..3e5e41e1b1 100644
--- a/bsd-user/signal.c
+++ b/bsd-user/signal.c
@@ -998,7 +998,12 @@ void process_pending_signals(CPUArchState *env)
                 sigdelset(&ts->signal_mask, target_to_host_signal(sig));
                 sigact_table[sig - 1]._sa_handler = TARGET_SIG_DFL;
             }
+            /*
+             * Restart scan from the beginning, as handle_pending_signal
+             * might have resulted in a new synchronous signal (eg SIGSEGV).
+             */
             handle_pending_signal(env, sig, &ts->sync_signal);
+            goto restart_scan;
         }
 
         k = ts->sigtab;
@@ -1008,10 +1013,7 @@ void process_pending_signals(CPUArchState *env)
             if (k->pending &&
                 !sigismember(blocked_set, target_to_host_signal(sig))) {
                 handle_pending_signal(env, sig, k);
-                /*
-                 * Restart scan from the beginning, as handle_pending_signal
-                 * might have resulted in a new synchronous signal (eg SIGSEGV).
-                 */
+                /* Restart scan, explained above. */
                 goto restart_scan;
             }
         }
diff --git a/linux-user/signal.c b/linux-user/signal.c
index 804096bd44..f0a22577e5 100644
--- a/linux-user/signal.c
+++ b/linux-user/signal.c
@@ -1384,6 +1384,11 @@ void process_pending_signals(CPUArchState *cpu_env)
             }
 
             handle_pending_signal(cpu_env, sig, &ts->sync_signal);
+            /*
+             * Restart scan from the beginning, as handle_pending_signal
+             * might have resulted in a new synchronous signal (eg SIGSEGV).
+             */
+            goto restart_scan;
         }
 
         for (sig = 1; sig <= TARGET_NSIG; sig++) {
@@ -1394,9 +1399,7 @@ void process_pending_signals(CPUArchState *cpu_env)
                 (!sigismember(blocked_set,
                               target_to_host_signal_table[sig]))) {
                 handle_pending_signal(cpu_env, sig, &ts->sigtab[sig - 1]);
-                /* Restart scan from the beginning, as handle_pending_signal
-                 * might have resulted in a new synchronous signal (eg SIGSEGV).
-                 */
+                /* Restart scan, explained above. */
                 goto restart_scan;
             }
         }