diff --git a/fs/nfs/direct.c b/fs/nfs/direct.c
index 5e8d82f..7b994b2 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/direct.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/direct.c
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@
 	if (dreq->iocb)
 		goto out;
 
-	result = wait_for_completion_interruptible(&dreq->completion);
+	result = wait_for_completion_killable(&dreq->completion);
 
 	if (!result)
 		result = dreq->error;
@@ -391,9 +391,7 @@
 			       unsigned long nr_segs, loff_t pos)
 {
 	ssize_t result = 0;
-	sigset_t oldset;
 	struct inode *inode = iocb->ki_filp->f_mapping->host;
-	struct rpc_clnt *clnt = NFS_CLIENT(inode);
 	struct nfs_direct_req *dreq;
 
 	dreq = nfs_direct_req_alloc();
@@ -405,11 +403,9 @@
 	if (!is_sync_kiocb(iocb))
 		dreq->iocb = iocb;
 
-	rpc_clnt_sigmask(clnt, &oldset);
 	result = nfs_direct_read_schedule_iovec(dreq, iov, nr_segs, pos);
 	if (!result)
 		result = nfs_direct_wait(dreq);
-	rpc_clnt_sigunmask(clnt, &oldset);
 	nfs_direct_req_release(dreq);
 
 	return result;
@@ -767,9 +763,7 @@
 				size_t count)
 {
 	ssize_t result = 0;
-	sigset_t oldset;
 	struct inode *inode = iocb->ki_filp->f_mapping->host;
-	struct rpc_clnt *clnt = NFS_CLIENT(inode);
 	struct nfs_direct_req *dreq;
 	size_t wsize = NFS_SERVER(inode)->wsize;
 	int sync = 0;
@@ -787,11 +781,9 @@
 	if (!is_sync_kiocb(iocb))
 		dreq->iocb = iocb;
 
-	rpc_clnt_sigmask(clnt, &oldset);
 	result = nfs_direct_write_schedule_iovec(dreq, iov, nr_segs, pos, sync);
 	if (!result)
 		result = nfs_direct_wait(dreq);
-	rpc_clnt_sigunmask(clnt, &oldset);
 	nfs_direct_req_release(dreq);
 
 	return result;