diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spufs/file.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spufs/file.c
index 7de4e919687b48b717bdb6001f30c088cfe49997..c2aaec5289dc2ce042333260bd81ff2974d7d75a 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spufs/file.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spufs/file.c
@@ -941,6 +941,13 @@ static const struct file_operations spufs_signal1_nosched_fops = {
 	.mmap = spufs_signal1_mmap,
 };
 
+static const struct file_operations spufs_signal1_nosched_fops = {
+	.open = spufs_signal1_open,
+	.release = spufs_signal1_release,
+	.write = spufs_signal1_write,
+	.mmap = spufs_signal1_mmap,
+};
+
 static int spufs_signal2_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 {
 	struct spufs_inode_info *i = SPUFS_I(inode);
@@ -1076,6 +1083,13 @@ static const struct file_operations spufs_signal2_nosched_fops = {
 	.mmap = spufs_signal2_mmap,
 };
 
+static const struct file_operations spufs_signal2_nosched_fops = {
+	.open = spufs_signal2_open,
+	.release = spufs_signal2_release,
+	.write = spufs_signal2_write,
+	.mmap = spufs_signal2_mmap,
+};
+
 static void spufs_signal1_type_set(void *data, u64 val)
 {
 	struct spu_context *ctx = data;
@@ -2177,8 +2191,8 @@ struct tree_descr spufs_dir_contents[] = {
 	{ "mbox_stat", &spufs_mbox_stat_fops, 0444, },
 	{ "ibox_stat", &spufs_ibox_stat_fops, 0444, },
 	{ "wbox_stat", &spufs_wbox_stat_fops, 0444, },
-	{ "signal1", &spufs_signal1_fops, 0666, },
-	{ "signal2", &spufs_signal2_fops, 0666, },
+	{ "signal1", &spufs_signal1_nosched_fops, 0222, },
+	{ "signal2", &spufs_signal2_nosched_fops, 0222, },
 	{ "signal1_type", &spufs_signal1_type, 0666, },
 	{ "signal2_type", &spufs_signal2_type, 0666, },
 	{ "cntl", &spufs_cntl_fops,  0666, },