diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig
index f1dbb4ee19d781751ac22f233ec7dea5f9a66ed3..887d3a7bb64633dd0df064ef23b037c281d0ec29 100644
--- a/arch/x86/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ config X86
 	select ARCH_HAS_PTE_SPECIAL
 	select ARCH_HAS_REFCOUNT
 	select ARCH_HAS_UACCESS_FLUSHCACHE	if X86_64
-	select ARCH_HAS_UACCESS_MCSAFE		if X86_64
+	select ARCH_HAS_UACCESS_MCSAFE		if X86_64 && X86_MCE
 	select ARCH_HAS_SET_MEMORY
 	select ARCH_HAS_SG_CHAIN
 	select ARCH_HAS_STRICT_KERNEL_RWX
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/uaccess_64.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/uaccess_64.h
index 62acb613114b2322088083f7a9ccc85495a5afa4..a9d637bc301d7dd0086b5126a5ebac8f042c62c9 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/uaccess_64.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/uaccess_64.h
@@ -52,7 +52,12 @@ copy_to_user_mcsafe(void *to, const void *from, unsigned len)
 	unsigned long ret;
 
 	__uaccess_begin();
-	ret = memcpy_mcsafe(to, from, len);
+	/*
+	 * Note, __memcpy_mcsafe() is explicitly used since it can
+	 * handle exceptions / faults.  memcpy_mcsafe() may fall back to
+	 * memcpy() which lacks this handling.
+	 */
+	ret = __memcpy_mcsafe(to, from, len);
 	__uaccess_end();
 	return ret;
 }