diff --git a/src/sys/signalfd.rs b/src/sys/signalfd.rs
index 9d5de0362f..00a5d2b5ef 100644
--- a/src/sys/signalfd.rs
+++ b/src/sys/signalfd.rs
@@ -34,7 +34,8 @@ libc_bitflags!{
 }
 
 pub const SIGNALFD_NEW: RawFd = -1;
-pub const SIGNALFD_SIGINFO_SIZE: usize = mem::size_of::<libc::signalfd_siginfo>();
+#[deprecated(since = "0.23.0", note = "use mem::size_of::<siginfo>() instead")]
+pub const SIGNALFD_SIGINFO_SIZE: usize = mem::size_of::<siginfo>();
 
 /// Creates a new file descriptor for reading signals.
 ///
@@ -98,15 +99,16 @@ impl SignalFd {
     }
 
     pub fn read_signal(&mut self) -> Result<Option<siginfo>> {
-        let mut buffer = mem::MaybeUninit::<[u8; SIGNALFD_SIGINFO_SIZE]>::uninit();
+        let mut buffer = mem::MaybeUninit::<siginfo>::uninit();
 
         let res = Errno::result(unsafe {
             libc::read(self.0,
                        buffer.as_mut_ptr() as *mut libc::c_void,
-                       SIGNALFD_SIGINFO_SIZE as libc::size_t)
+                       mem::size_of_val(*buffer))
         }).map(|r| r as usize);
         match res {
-            Ok(SIGNALFD_SIGINFO_SIZE) => Ok(Some(unsafe { mem::transmute(buffer.assume_init()) })),
+            Ok(mem::size_of_val(*buffer)) =>
+                Ok(Some(unsafe { buffer.assume_init() })),
             Ok(_) => unreachable!("partial read on signalfd"),
             Err(Errno::EAGAIN) => Ok(None),
             Err(error) => Err(error)