diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h
index fc801bab1b3b7683f39d6e38e3a6fc17003e7da1..b753ea59703a114f056b32d9b1455622d7b131a9 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h
@@ -450,6 +450,8 @@ struct thread_struct {
 	struct perf_event	*ptrace_bps[HBP_NUM];
 	/* Debug status used for traps, single steps, etc... */
 	unsigned long           debugreg6;
+	/* Keep track of the exact dr7 value set by the user */
+	unsigned long           ptrace_dr7;
 	/* Fault info: */
 	unsigned long		cr2;
 	unsigned long		trap_no;
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/ptrace.c b/arch/x86/kernel/ptrace.c
index 017d937639fef87694eea7cd3cbbf95efb163d37..0c1033d61e59c07bd5a99b0a2c6f9c246352f61e 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/ptrace.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/ptrace.c
@@ -702,7 +702,7 @@ static unsigned long ptrace_get_debugreg(struct task_struct *tsk, int n)
 	} else if (n == 6) {
 		val = thread->debugreg6;
 	 } else if (n == 7) {
-		val = ptrace_get_dr7(thread->ptrace_bps);
+		val = thread->ptrace_dr7;
 	}
 	return val;
 }
@@ -778,8 +778,11 @@ int ptrace_set_debugreg(struct task_struct *tsk, int n, unsigned long val)
 			return rc;
 	}
 	/* All that's left is DR7 */
-	if (n == 7)
+	if (n == 7) {
 		rc = ptrace_write_dr7(tsk, val);
+		if (!rc)
+			thread->ptrace_dr7 = val;
+	}
 
 ret_path:
 	return rc;