diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/debugreg.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/debugreg.h
index 8240f76b531e0959be5a4fa823b1820d5d5952b5..b81002f23614bb9ef6d9b75502f8ab08e228bc0d 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/debugreg.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/debugreg.h
@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@
    which debugging register was responsible for the trap.  The other bits
    are either reserved or not of interest to us. */
 
+/* Define reserved bits in DR6 which are always set to 1 */
+#define DR6_RESERVED	(0xFFFF0FF0)
+
 #define DR_TRAP0	(0x1)		/* db0 */
 #define DR_TRAP1	(0x2)		/* db1 */
 #define DR_TRAP2	(0x4)		/* db2 */
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/traps.c b/arch/x86/kernel/traps.c
index 33399176512a8a2c4c718d53ad76bdea631bd46e..1168e44541887e441e0cb8422cdaf67e86bfe4e5 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/traps.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/traps.c
@@ -534,6 +534,9 @@ dotraplinkage void __kprobes do_debug(struct pt_regs *regs, long error_code)
 
 	get_debugreg(dr6, 6);
 
+	/* Filter out all the reserved bits which are preset to 1 */
+	dr6 &= ~DR6_RESERVED;
+
 	/* Catch kmemcheck conditions first of all! */
 	if ((dr6 & DR_STEP) && kmemcheck_trap(regs))
 		return;