diff --git a/drivers/md/md.c b/drivers/md/md.c
index a9f032e..f3fed66 100644
--- a/drivers/md/md.c
+++ b/drivers/md/md.c
@@ -3437,10 +3437,19 @@
 	allow_signal(SIGKILL);
 	while (!kthread_should_stop()) {
 
-		wait_event_timeout(thread->wqueue,
-				   test_bit(THREAD_WAKEUP, &thread->flags)
-				   || kthread_should_stop(),
-				   thread->timeout);
+		/* We need to wait INTERRUPTIBLE so that
+		 * we don't add to the load-average.
+		 * That means we need to be sure no signals are
+		 * pending
+		 */
+		if (signal_pending(current))
+			flush_signals(current);
+
+		wait_event_interruptible_timeout
+			(thread->wqueue,
+			 test_bit(THREAD_WAKEUP, &thread->flags)
+			 || kthread_should_stop(),
+			 thread->timeout);
 		try_to_freeze();
 
 		clear_bit(THREAD_WAKEUP, &thread->flags);