diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/i387.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/i387.h
index 5e275d31802e728da6aeea0ef2173457efdf7d72..6eb6fcb83f6362c2126af95207971b5ff3620c80 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/i387.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/i387.h
@@ -51,6 +51,10 @@ static inline void kernel_fpu_end(void)
 	preempt_enable();
 }
 
+/* Must be called with preempt disabled */
+extern void kernel_fpu_disable(void);
+extern void kernel_fpu_enable(void);
+
 /*
  * Some instructions like VIA's padlock instructions generate a spurious
  * DNA fault but don't modify SSE registers. And these instructions
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/i387.c b/arch/x86/kernel/i387.c
index 12088a3f459f7cc9ebd6fb27d365607b9b79156d..81049ffab2d601cf67ce6bdf455edb4d65abbc46 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/i387.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/i387.c
@@ -21,6 +21,17 @@
 
 static DEFINE_PER_CPU(bool, in_kernel_fpu);
 
+void kernel_fpu_disable(void)
+{
+	WARN_ON(this_cpu_read(in_kernel_fpu));
+	this_cpu_write(in_kernel_fpu, true);
+}
+
+void kernel_fpu_enable(void)
+{
+	this_cpu_write(in_kernel_fpu, false);
+}
+
 /*
  * Were we in an interrupt that interrupted kernel mode?
  *
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/traps.c b/arch/x86/kernel/traps.c
index 88900e288021f23a2f22aebf739e25070f456971..fb4cb6adf2259b991796d2e88d72577790f140bd 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/traps.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/traps.c
@@ -788,18 +788,16 @@ void math_state_restore(void)
 		local_irq_disable();
 	}
 
+	/* Avoid __kernel_fpu_begin() right after __thread_fpu_begin() */
+	kernel_fpu_disable();
 	__thread_fpu_begin(tsk);
-
-	/*
-	 * Paranoid restore. send a SIGSEGV if we fail to restore the state.
-	 */
 	if (unlikely(restore_fpu_checking(tsk))) {
 		drop_init_fpu(tsk);
 		force_sig_info(SIGSEGV, SEND_SIG_PRIV, tsk);
-		return;
+	} else {
+		tsk->thread.fpu_counter++;
 	}
-
-	tsk->thread.fpu_counter++;
+	kernel_fpu_enable();
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(math_state_restore);