diff --git a/include/proto/signal.h b/include/proto/signal.h
index 063683f..b61a527 100644
--- a/include/proto/signal.h
+++ b/include/proto/signal.h
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 struct sig_handler *signal_register_task(int sig, struct task *task, int reason);
 void signal_unregister_handler(struct sig_handler *handler);
 void signal_unregister_target(int sig, void *target);
+void haproxy_unblock_signals();
 
 static inline void signal_process_queue()
 {
diff --git a/src/haproxy.c b/src/haproxy.c
index e2fd627..1fa1d3c 100644
--- a/src/haproxy.c
+++ b/src/haproxy.c
@@ -497,14 +497,7 @@
 
 static void mworker_unblock_signals()
 {
-	sigset_t set;
-
-	sigemptyset(&set);
-	sigaddset(&set, SIGUSR1);
-	sigaddset(&set, SIGUSR2);
-	sigaddset(&set, SIGHUP);
-	sigaddset(&set, SIGCHLD);
-	ha_sigmask(SIG_UNBLOCK, &set, NULL);
+	haproxy_unblock_signals();
 }
 
 /*
@@ -3040,7 +3033,7 @@
 #endif /* !USE_CPU_AFFINITY */
 
 		/* when multithreading we need to let only the thread 0 handle the signals */
-		pthread_sigmask(SIG_SETMASK, &old_sig, NULL);
+		haproxy_unblock_signals();
 
 		/* Finally, start the poll loop for the first thread */
 		run_thread_poll_loop(&tids[0]);
@@ -3057,7 +3050,7 @@
 #endif
 	}
 #else /* ! USE_THREAD */
-
+	haproxy_unblock_signals();
 	run_thread_poll_loop((int []){0});
 
 #endif
diff --git a/src/signal.c b/src/signal.c
index 6f74a6f..75d5c65 100644
--- a/src/signal.c
+++ b/src/signal.c
@@ -109,19 +109,6 @@
 	memset(signal_queue, 0, sizeof(signal_queue));
 	memset(signal_state, 0, sizeof(signal_state));
 
-	/* Ensure signals are not blocked. Some shells or service managers may
-	 * accidently block all of our signals unfortunately, causing lots of
-	 * zombie processes to remain in the background during reloads.
-	 */
-	sigemptyset(&blocked_sig);
-	/* Ensure that SIGUSR2 is blocked until the end of configuration
-	 * parsing We don't want the process to be killed by an unregistered
-	 * USR2 signal when the master-worker is reloading */
-	sigaddset(&blocked_sig, SIGUSR2);
-	sigaddset(&blocked_sig, SIGCHLD);
-
-	ha_sigmask(SIG_SETMASK, &blocked_sig, NULL);
-
 	sigfillset(&blocked_sig);
 	sigdelset(&blocked_sig, SIGPROF);
 	/* man sigprocmask: If SIGBUS, SIGFPE, SIGILL, or SIGSEGV are
@@ -139,6 +126,21 @@
 	return pool_head_sig_handlers != NULL;
 }
 
+/*
+ * This function should be called to unblock all signals
+ */
+void haproxy_unblock_signals()
+{
+	sigset_t set;
+
+	/* Ensure signals are not blocked. Some shells or service managers may
+	 * accidently block all of our signals unfortunately, causing lots of
+	 * zombie processes to remain in the background during reloads.
+	 */
+	sigemptyset(&set);
+	ha_sigmask(SIG_SETMASK, &set, NULL);
+}
+
 /* releases all registered signal handlers */
 void deinit_signals()
 {