diff --git a/kernel/signal.c b/kernel/signal.c
index 2d102e025883..799ee98cf03e 100644
--- a/kernel/signal.c
+++ b/kernel/signal.c
@@ -130,28 +130,10 @@ static bool sig_ignored(struct task_struct *t, int sig, bool force)
  */
 static inline bool has_pending_signals(sigset_t *signal, sigset_t *blocked)
 {
-	unsigned long ready;
-	long i;
-
-	switch (_NSIG_WORDS) {
-	default:
-		for (i = _NSIG_WORDS, ready = 0; --i >= 0 ;)
-			ready |= signal->sig[i] &~ blocked->sig[i];
-		break;
-
-	case 4: ready  = signal->sig[3] &~ blocked->sig[3];
-		ready |= signal->sig[2] &~ blocked->sig[2];
-		ready |= signal->sig[1] &~ blocked->sig[1];
-		ready |= signal->sig[0] &~ blocked->sig[0];
-		break;
-
-	case 2: ready  = signal->sig[1] &~ blocked->sig[1];
-		ready |= signal->sig[0] &~ blocked->sig[0];
-		break;
-
-	case 1: ready  = signal->sig[0] &~ blocked->sig[0];
-	}
-	return ready !=	0;
+	unsigned long ready = 0;
+	for (long i = 0; i < _NSIG_WORDS; i++)
+		ready |= signal->sig[i] & ~blocked->sig[i];
+	return ready != 0;
 }
 
 #define PENDING(p,b) has_pending_signals(&(p)->signal, (b))