diff --git a/cmd/restic/cleanup.go b/cmd/restic/cleanup.go
index 728883452..2f3c15683 100644
--- a/cmd/restic/cleanup.go
+++ b/cmd/restic/cleanup.go
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ var cleanupHandlers struct {
 var stderr = os.Stderr
 
 func init() {
-	cleanupHandlers.ch = make(chan os.Signal)
+	cleanupHandlers.ch = make(chan os.Signal, 1)
 	go CleanupHandler(cleanupHandlers.ch)
 	signal.Notify(cleanupHandlers.ch, syscall.SIGINT)
 }
diff --git a/internal/restic/lock.go b/internal/restic/lock.go
index 142fa4b73..28807ce69 100644
--- a/internal/restic/lock.go
+++ b/internal/restic/lock.go
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ var ignoreSIGHUP sync.Once
 func init() {
 	ignoreSIGHUP.Do(func() {
 		go func() {
-			c := make(chan os.Signal)
+			c := make(chan os.Signal, 1)
 			signal.Notify(c, syscall.SIGHUP)
 			for s := range c {
 				debug.Log("Signal received: %v\n", s)
diff --git a/internal/restic/progress_unix.go b/internal/restic/progress_unix.go
index 30954ed31..d2cd08350 100644
--- a/internal/restic/progress_unix.go
+++ b/internal/restic/progress_unix.go
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 func init() {
-	c := make(chan os.Signal)
+	c := make(chan os.Signal, 1)
 	signal.Notify(c, syscall.SIGUSR1)
 	go func() {
 		for s := range c {
diff --git a/internal/restic/progress_unix_with_siginfo.go b/internal/restic/progress_unix_with_siginfo.go
index b27193a89..eb94216e8 100644
--- a/internal/restic/progress_unix_with_siginfo.go
+++ b/internal/restic/progress_unix_with_siginfo.go
@@ -11,9 +11,8 @@ import (
 )
 
 func init() {
-	c := make(chan os.Signal)
-	signal.Notify(c, syscall.SIGUSR1)
-	signal.Notify(c, syscall.SIGINFO)
+	c := make(chan os.Signal, 1)
+	signal.Notify(c, syscall.SIGINFO, syscall.SIGUSR1)
 	go func() {
 		for s := range c {
 			debug.Log("Signal received: %v\n", s)