diff --git a/tokio/src/signal/registry.rs b/tokio/src/signal/registry.rs
index 6d8eb9e7487..7795ca8dfa8 100644
--- a/tokio/src/signal/registry.rs
+++ b/tokio/src/signal/registry.rs
@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@ mod tests {
     #[test]
     fn record_invalid_event_does_nothing() {
         let registry = Registry::new(vec![EventInfo::default()]);
-        registry.record_event(42);
+        registry.record_event(1302);
     }
 
     #[test]
diff --git a/tokio/src/signal/unix.rs b/tokio/src/signal/unix.rs
index b84cbb71805..139d7834f2c 100644
--- a/tokio/src/signal/unix.rs
+++ b/tokio/src/signal/unix.rs
@@ -22,13 +22,17 @@ use self::driver::Handle;
 
 pub(crate) type OsStorage = Vec<SignalInfo>;
 
-// Number of different unix signals
-// (FreeBSD has 33)
-const SIGNUM: usize = 33;
-
 impl Init for OsStorage {
     fn init() -> Self {
-        (0..SIGNUM).map(|_| SignalInfo::default()).collect()
+        // There are reliable signals ranging from 1 to 33 available on every Unix platform.
+        #[cfg(not(target_os = "linux"))]
+        let possible = 0..=33;
+
+        // On Linux, there are additional real-time signals available.
+        #[cfg(target_os = "linux")]
+        let possible = 0..=libc::SIGRTMAX();
+
+        possible.map(|_| SignalInfo::default()).collect()
     }
 }