diff --git a/fs/exec.c b/fs/exec.c
index dd6aa61c8548..02ad43ce2f62 100644
--- a/fs/exec.c
+++ b/fs/exec.c
@@ -1239,7 +1239,7 @@ static int check_unsafe_exec(struct linux_binprm *bprm)
 	 * This isn't strictly necessary, but it makes it harder for LSMs to
 	 * mess up.
 	 */
-	if (current->no_new_privs)
+	if (task_no_new_privs(current))
 		bprm->unsafe |= LSM_UNSAFE_NO_NEW_PRIVS;
 
 	n_fs = 1;
@@ -1286,7 +1286,7 @@ int prepare_binprm(struct linux_binprm *bprm)
 	bprm->cred->egid = current_egid();
 
 	if (!(bprm->file->f_path.mnt->mnt_flags & MNT_NOSUID) &&
-	    !current->no_new_privs &&
+	    !task_no_new_privs(current) &&
 	    kuid_has_mapping(bprm->cred->user_ns, inode->i_uid) &&
 	    kgid_has_mapping(bprm->cred->user_ns, inode->i_gid)) {
 		/* Set-uid? */
diff --git a/include/linux/sched.h b/include/linux/sched.h
index c7f91d101f9c..223135545e70 100644
--- a/include/linux/sched.h
+++ b/include/linux/sched.h
@@ -1239,13 +1239,12 @@ struct task_struct {
 				 * execve */
 	unsigned in_iowait:1;
 
-	/* task may not gain privileges */
-	unsigned no_new_privs:1;
-
 	/* Revert to default priority/policy when forking */
 	unsigned sched_reset_on_fork:1;
 	unsigned sched_contributes_to_load:1;
 
+	unsigned long atomic_flags; /* Flags needing atomic access. */
+
 	pid_t pid;
 	pid_t tgid;
 
@@ -1826,6 +1825,19 @@ static inline void memalloc_noio_restore(unsigned int flags)
 	current->flags = (current->flags & ~PF_MEMALLOC_NOIO) | flags;
 }
 
+/* Per-process atomic flags. */
+#define PFA_NO_NEW_PRIVS 0x00000001	/* May not gain new privileges. */
+
+static inline bool task_no_new_privs(struct task_struct *p)
+{
+	return test_bit(PFA_NO_NEW_PRIVS, &p->atomic_flags);
+}
+
+static inline void task_set_no_new_privs(struct task_struct *p)
+{
+	set_bit(PFA_NO_NEW_PRIVS, &p->atomic_flags);
+}
+
 /*
  * task->jobctl flags
  */
diff --git a/kernel/seccomp.c b/kernel/seccomp.c
index d4b61b967423..5390739066a6 100644
--- a/kernel/seccomp.c
+++ b/kernel/seccomp.c
@@ -264,7 +264,7 @@ static long seccomp_attach_filter(struct sock_fprog *fprog)
 	 * This avoids scenarios where unprivileged tasks can affect the
 	 * behavior of privileged children.
 	 */
-	if (!current->no_new_privs &&
+	if (!task_no_new_privs(current) &&
 	    security_capable_noaudit(current_cred(), current_user_ns(),
 				     CAP_SYS_ADMIN) != 0)
 		return -EACCES;
diff --git a/kernel/sys.c b/kernel/sys.c
index 65d3e55bd282..0b08c9f000f3 100644
--- a/kernel/sys.c
+++ b/kernel/sys.c
@@ -2427,12 +2427,12 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE5(prctl, int, option, unsigned long, arg2, unsigned long, arg3,
 		if (arg2 != 1 || arg3 || arg4 || arg5)
 			return -EINVAL;
 
-		current->no_new_privs = 1;
+		task_set_no_new_privs(current);
 		break;
 	case PR_GET_NO_NEW_PRIVS:
 		if (arg2 || arg3 || arg4 || arg5)
 			return -EINVAL;
-		return current->no_new_privs ? 1 : 0;
+		return task_no_new_privs(current) ? 1 : 0;
 	case PR_SET_VMA:
 		error = prctl_set_vma(arg2, arg3, arg4, arg5);
 		break;
diff --git a/security/apparmor/domain.c b/security/apparmor/domain.c
index 859abdaac1ea..9aaa4e72cc1f 100644
--- a/security/apparmor/domain.c
+++ b/security/apparmor/domain.c
@@ -629,7 +629,7 @@ int aa_change_hat(const char *hats[], int count, u64 token, bool permtest)
 	 * There is no exception for unconfined as change_hat is not
 	 * available.
 	 */
-	if (current->no_new_privs)
+	if (task_no_new_privs(current))
 		return -EPERM;
 
 	/* released below */
@@ -780,7 +780,7 @@ int aa_change_profile(const char *ns_name, const char *hname, bool onexec,
 	 * no_new_privs is set because this aways results in a reduction
 	 * of permissions.
 	 */
-	if (current->no_new_privs && !unconfined(profile)) {
+	if (task_no_new_privs(current) && !unconfined(profile)) {
 		put_cred(cred);
 		return -EPERM;
 	}