diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spufs/file.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spufs/file.c
index c2814ea96af2599c0ab32a080bbf06a0e50d948f..fe164112b3d0e75b9a29e7c56c7f04165fafde6b 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spufs/file.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spufs/file.c
@@ -934,6 +934,13 @@ static const struct file_operations spufs_signal1_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);
@@ -1062,6 +1069,13 @@ static const struct file_operations spufs_signal2_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;
@@ -2184,8 +2198,8 @@ struct tree_descr spufs_dir_nosched_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, },
 	{ "mss", &spufs_mss_fops, 0666, },