diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/acpi.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/acpi.c
index c015cb0467d3d01615e7afc2b87410971566d070..6ffc82ef4e5c4455cba0088cdfbb4ef39ade4a5f 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/acpi.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/acpi.c
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 #include <linux/init.h>
 #include <linux/irq.h>
 #include <linux/irqdomain.h>
+#include <linux/irq_work.h>
 #include <linux/memblock.h>
 #include <linux/of_fdt.h>
 #include <linux/smp.h>
@@ -273,6 +274,7 @@ pgprot_t __acpi_get_mem_attribute(phys_addr_t addr)
 int apei_claim_sea(struct pt_regs *regs)
 {
 	int err = -ENOENT;
+	bool return_to_irqs_enabled;
 	unsigned long current_flags;
 
 	if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_ACPI_APEI_GHES))
@@ -280,6 +282,12 @@ int apei_claim_sea(struct pt_regs *regs)
 
 	current_flags = arch_local_save_flags();
 
+	/* current_flags isn't useful here as daif doesn't tell us about pNMI */
+	return_to_irqs_enabled = !irqs_disabled_flags(arch_local_save_flags());
+
+	if (regs)
+		return_to_irqs_enabled = interrupts_enabled(regs);
+
 	/*
 	 * SEA can interrupt SError, mask it and describe this as an NMI so
 	 * that APEI defers the handling.
@@ -288,6 +296,23 @@ int apei_claim_sea(struct pt_regs *regs)
 	nmi_enter();
 	err = ghes_notify_sea();
 	nmi_exit();
+
+	/*
+	 * APEI NMI-like notifications are deferred to irq_work. Unless
+	 * we interrupted irqs-masked code, we can do that now.
+	 */
+	if (!err) {
+		if (return_to_irqs_enabled) {
+			local_daif_restore(DAIF_PROCCTX_NOIRQ);
+			__irq_enter();
+			irq_work_run();
+			__irq_exit();
+		} else {
+			pr_warn_ratelimited("APEI work queued but not completed");
+			err = -EINPROGRESS;
+		}
+	}
+
 	local_daif_restore(current_flags);
 
 	return err;
diff --git a/arch/arm64/mm/fault.c b/arch/arm64/mm/fault.c
index ac740c28f6f063375f70e8b1b8347d5a3a00ab54..5a3eeca345a3c85326d08c7f4957d9a5c54774fe 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/mm/fault.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/mm/fault.c
@@ -630,12 +630,14 @@ static int do_sea(unsigned long addr, unsigned int esr, struct pt_regs *regs)
 
 	inf = esr_to_fault_info(esr);
 
-	/*
-	 * Return value ignored as we rely on signal merging.
-	 * Future patches will make this more robust.
-	 */
+	if (user_mode(regs) && apei_claim_sea(regs) == 0) {
+		/*
+		 * APEI claimed this as a firmware-first notification.
+		 * Some processing deferred to task_work before ret_to_user().
+		 */
+		return 0;
+	}
 
-	apei_claim_sea(regs);
 	clear_siginfo(&info);
 	info.si_signo = inf->sig;
 	info.si_errno = 0;