diff --git a/arch/x86/ia32/ia32_signal.c b/arch/x86/ia32/ia32_signal.c
index d0165c9a293241559c48742d6c0fb8df3e4fcf82..1f5e2b0e09ffb14bf29c41de9d0acf12b1936efd 100644
--- a/arch/x86/ia32/ia32_signal.c
+++ b/arch/x86/ia32/ia32_signal.c
@@ -203,6 +203,8 @@ static int ia32_restore_sigcontext(struct pt_regs *regs,
 
 	err |= restore_xstate_sig(buf, 1);
 
+	force_iret();
+
 	return err;
 }
 
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/ptrace.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/ptrace.h
index 74bb2e0f3030d1aabc7bed7aee073c15e786b411..83b874da2762a395fc545c6af771b259c4b87012 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/ptrace.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/ptrace.h
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ static inline unsigned long regs_get_kernel_stack_nth(struct pt_regs *regs,
  */
 #define arch_ptrace_stop_needed(code, info)				\
 ({									\
-	set_thread_flag(TIF_NOTIFY_RESUME);				\
+	force_iret();							\
 	false;								\
 })
 
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/thread_info.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/thread_info.h
index ba115eb6fbcfb676cf317253843dd45535000ccd..0abf7ab20ce22a0fc307537300282a1b7b41996b 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/thread_info.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/thread_info.h
@@ -260,6 +260,16 @@ static inline bool is_ia32_task(void)
 #endif
 	return false;
 }
+
+/*
+ * Force syscall return via IRET by making it look as if there was
+ * some work pending. IRET is our most capable (but slowest) syscall
+ * return path, which is able to restore modified SS, CS and certain
+ * EFLAGS values that other (fast) syscall return instructions
+ * are not able to restore properly.
+ */
+#define force_iret() set_thread_flag(TIF_NOTIFY_RESUME)
+
 #endif	/* !__ASSEMBLY__ */
 
 #ifndef __ASSEMBLY__
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/process_32.c b/arch/x86/kernel/process_32.c
index 1b9963faf4ebc223d56f33d68a031cbbc07166d6..26c596d1ee071c495608d10499d25e557c0d4f70 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/process_32.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/process_32.c
@@ -206,11 +206,7 @@ start_thread(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned long new_ip, unsigned long new_sp)
 	regs->ip		= new_ip;
 	regs->sp		= new_sp;
 	regs->flags		= X86_EFLAGS_IF;
-	/*
-	 * force it to the iret return path by making it look as if there was
-	 * some work pending.
-	 */
-	set_thread_flag(TIF_NOTIFY_RESUME);
+	force_iret();
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(start_thread);
 
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/process_64.c b/arch/x86/kernel/process_64.c
index 97f5658290b7099f37571b35390e253bcd7ee836..da8b74598d906748cb63333c45633327c7eda7b1 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/process_64.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/process_64.c
@@ -239,6 +239,7 @@ start_thread_common(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned long new_ip,
 	regs->cs		= _cs;
 	regs->ss		= _ss;
 	regs->flags		= X86_EFLAGS_IF;
+	force_iret();
 }
 
 void
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/signal.c b/arch/x86/kernel/signal.c
index edcb862cdcae5a5b62cbed4b374bb133248a934a..eaa2c5e3f2cd5c81616a27b61a0e2b69dad39ee6 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/signal.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/signal.c
@@ -108,6 +108,8 @@ int restore_sigcontext(struct pt_regs *regs, struct sigcontext __user *sc,
 
 	err |= restore_xstate_sig(buf, config_enabled(CONFIG_X86_32));
 
+	force_iret();
+
 	return err;
 }