diff --git a/builtin-clone.c b/builtin-clone.c
index 18b9392334..44c80734b7 100644
--- a/builtin-clone.c
+++ b/builtin-clone.c
@@ -439,7 +439,7 @@ int cmd_clone(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 	}
 	junk_git_dir = git_dir;
 	atexit(remove_junk);
-	sigchain_push(SIGINT, remove_junk_on_signal);
+	sigchain_push_common(remove_junk_on_signal);
 
 	setenv(CONFIG_ENVIRONMENT, xstrdup(mkpath("%s/config", git_dir)), 1);
 
diff --git a/builtin-fetch--tool.c b/builtin-fetch--tool.c
index b1d7f8fb32..29356d25db 100644
--- a/builtin-fetch--tool.c
+++ b/builtin-fetch--tool.c
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ static int fetch_native_store(FILE *fp,
 	char buffer[1024];
 	int err = 0;
 
-	sigchain_push(SIGINT, remove_keep_on_signal);
+	sigchain_push_common(remove_keep_on_signal);
 	atexit(remove_keep);
 
 	while (fgets(buffer, sizeof(buffer), stdin)) {
diff --git a/builtin-fetch.c b/builtin-fetch.c
index 8c86974cbe..1e4a3d9c51 100644
--- a/builtin-fetch.c
+++ b/builtin-fetch.c
@@ -673,7 +673,7 @@ int cmd_fetch(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 		ref_nr = j;
 	}
 
-	sigchain_push(SIGINT, unlock_pack_on_signal);
+	sigchain_push_common(unlock_pack_on_signal);
 	atexit(unlock_pack);
 	exit_code = do_fetch(transport,
 			parse_fetch_refspec(ref_nr, refs), ref_nr);
diff --git a/diff.c b/diff.c
index 9c9977d892..8ce898a6b0 100644
--- a/diff.c
+++ b/diff.c
@@ -1903,7 +1903,7 @@ static struct diff_tempfile *prepare_temp_file(const char *name,
 
 	if (!remove_tempfile_installed) {
 		atexit(remove_tempfile);
-		sigchain_push(SIGINT, remove_tempfile_on_signal);
+		sigchain_push_common(remove_tempfile_on_signal);
 		remove_tempfile_installed = 1;
 	}
 
diff --git a/http-push.c b/http-push.c
index dec395deed..7d5c23edc4 100644
--- a/http-push.c
+++ b/http-push.c
@@ -2262,10 +2262,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 		goto cleanup;
 	}
 
-	sigchain_push(SIGINT, remove_locks_on_signal);
-	sigchain_push(SIGHUP, remove_locks_on_signal);
-	sigchain_push(SIGQUIT, remove_locks_on_signal);
-	sigchain_push(SIGTERM, remove_locks_on_signal);
+	sigchain_push_common(remove_locks_on_signal);
 
 	/* Check whether the remote has server info files */
 	remote->can_update_info_refs = 0;
diff --git a/lockfile.c b/lockfile.c
index 3cd57dc385..021c3375c1 100644
--- a/lockfile.c
+++ b/lockfile.c
@@ -137,11 +137,7 @@ static int lock_file(struct lock_file *lk, const char *path, int flags)
 	lk->fd = open(lk->filename, O_RDWR | O_CREAT | O_EXCL, 0666);
 	if (0 <= lk->fd) {
 		if (!lock_file_list) {
-			sigchain_push(SIGINT, remove_lock_file_on_signal);
-			sigchain_push(SIGHUP, remove_lock_file_on_signal);
-			sigchain_push(SIGTERM, remove_lock_file_on_signal);
-			sigchain_push(SIGQUIT, remove_lock_file_on_signal);
-			sigchain_push(SIGPIPE, remove_lock_file_on_signal);
+			sigchain_push_common(remove_lock_file_on_signal);
 			atexit(remove_lock_file);
 		}
 		lk->owner = getpid();
diff --git a/sigchain.c b/sigchain.c
index a18d505e56..1118b99e57 100644
--- a/sigchain.c
+++ b/sigchain.c
@@ -41,3 +41,12 @@ int sigchain_pop(int sig)
 	s->n--;
 	return 0;
 }
+
+void sigchain_push_common(sigchain_fun f)
+{
+	sigchain_push(SIGINT, f);
+	sigchain_push(SIGHUP, f);
+	sigchain_push(SIGTERM, f);
+	sigchain_push(SIGQUIT, f);
+	sigchain_push(SIGPIPE, f);
+}
diff --git a/sigchain.h b/sigchain.h
index 254ebb0fa6..618083bce0 100644
--- a/sigchain.h
+++ b/sigchain.h
@@ -6,4 +6,6 @@ typedef void (*sigchain_fun)(int);
 int sigchain_push(int sig, sigchain_fun f);
 int sigchain_pop(int sig);
 
+void sigchain_push_common(sigchain_fun f);
+
 #endif /* SIGCHAIN_H */