diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/entry_64.S b/arch/x86/kernel/entry_64.S
index d720885eeadb..45f9c70f1246 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/entry_64.S
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/entry_64.S
@@ -914,12 +914,14 @@ ENTRY(native_iret)
 
 .global native_irq_return_iret
 native_irq_return_iret:
+	/*
+	 * This may fault.  Non-paranoid faults on return to userspace are
+	 * handled by fixup_bad_iret.  These include #SS, #GP, and #NP.
+	 * Double-faults due to espfix64 are handled in do_double_fault.
+	 * Other faults here are fatal.
+	 */
 	iretq
 
-	.section __ex_table,"a"
-	.quad native_irq_return_iret, bad_iret
-	.previous
-
 #ifdef CONFIG_X86_ESPFIX64
 native_irq_return_ldt:
 	pushq_cfi %rax
@@ -946,25 +948,6 @@ native_irq_return_ldt:
 	jmp native_irq_return_iret
 #endif
 
-	.section .fixup,"ax"
-bad_iret:
-	/*
-	 * The iret traps when the %cs or %ss being restored is bogus.
-	 * We've lost the original trap vector and error code.
-	 * #GPF is the most likely one to get for an invalid selector.
-	 * So pretend we completed the iret and took the #GPF in user mode.
-	 *
-	 * We are now running with the kernel GS after exception recovery.
-	 * But error_entry expects us to have user GS to match the user %cs,
-	 * so swap back.
-	 */
-	pushq $0
-
-	SWAPGS
-	jmp general_protection
-
-	.previous
-
 	/* edi: workmask, edx: work */
 retint_careful:
 	CFI_RESTORE_STATE
@@ -1511,16 +1494,15 @@ error_sti:
 
 /*
  * There are two places in the kernel that can potentially fault with
- * usergs. Handle them here. The exception handlers after iret run with
- * kernel gs again, so don't set the user space flag. B stepping K8s
- * sometimes report an truncated RIP for IRET exceptions returning to
- * compat mode. Check for these here too.
+ * usergs. Handle them here.  B stepping K8s sometimes report a
+ * truncated RIP for IRET exceptions returning to compat mode. Check
+ * for these here too.
  */
 error_kernelspace:
 	incl %ebx
 	leaq native_irq_return_iret(%rip),%rcx
 	cmpq %rcx,RIP+8(%rsp)
-	je error_swapgs
+	je error_bad_iret
 	movl %ecx,%eax	/* zero extend */
 	cmpq %rax,RIP+8(%rsp)
 	je bstep_iret
@@ -1531,7 +1513,15 @@ error_kernelspace:
 bstep_iret:
 	/* Fix truncated RIP */
 	movq %rcx,RIP+8(%rsp)
-	jmp error_swapgs
+	/* fall through */
+
+error_bad_iret:
+	SWAPGS
+	mov %rsp,%rdi
+	call fixup_bad_iret
+	mov %rax,%rsp
+	decl %ebx	/* Return to usergs */
+	jmp error_sti
 	CFI_ENDPROC
 END(error_entry)
 
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/traps.c b/arch/x86/kernel/traps.c
index ed904b99831d..30f26776c7bb 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/traps.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/traps.c
@@ -363,6 +363,35 @@ asmlinkage __kprobes struct pt_regs *sync_regs(struct pt_regs *eregs)
 		*regs = *eregs;
 	return regs;
 }
+
+struct bad_iret_stack {
+	void *error_entry_ret;
+	struct pt_regs regs;
+};
+
+asmlinkage
+struct bad_iret_stack *fixup_bad_iret(struct bad_iret_stack *s)
+{
+	/*
+	 * This is called from entry_64.S early in handling a fault
+	 * caused by a bad iret to user mode.  To handle the fault
+	 * correctly, we want move our stack frame to task_pt_regs
+	 * and we want to pretend that the exception came from the
+	 * iret target.
+	 */
+	struct bad_iret_stack *new_stack =
+		container_of(task_pt_regs(current),
+			     struct bad_iret_stack, regs);
+
+	/* Copy the IRET target to the new stack. */
+	memmove(&new_stack->regs.ip, (void *)s->regs.sp, 5*8);
+
+	/* Copy the remainder of the stack from the current stack. */
+	memmove(new_stack, s, offsetof(struct bad_iret_stack, regs.ip));
+
+	BUG_ON(!user_mode_vm(&new_stack->regs));
+	return new_stack;
+}
 #endif
 
 /*