diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/mmu_context.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/mmu_context.h
index 4fdbe5efe535f43275c8cfb838d2d817f9b97593..5e25423bf9bb6d15df74068ecac87db63a9818f5 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/mmu_context.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/mmu_context.h
@@ -57,11 +57,17 @@ struct ldt_struct {
 /*
  * Used for LDT copy/destruction.
  */
-int init_new_context_ldt(struct task_struct *tsk, struct mm_struct *mm);
+static inline void init_new_context_ldt(struct mm_struct *mm)
+{
+	mm->context.ldt = NULL;
+	init_rwsem(&mm->context.ldt_usr_sem);
+}
+int ldt_dup_context(struct mm_struct *oldmm, struct mm_struct *mm);
 void destroy_context_ldt(struct mm_struct *mm);
 #else	/* CONFIG_MODIFY_LDT_SYSCALL */
-static inline int init_new_context_ldt(struct task_struct *tsk,
-				       struct mm_struct *mm)
+static inline void init_new_context_ldt(struct mm_struct *mm) { }
+static inline int ldt_dup_context(struct mm_struct *oldmm,
+				  struct mm_struct *mm)
 {
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -137,15 +143,16 @@ static inline int init_new_context(struct task_struct *tsk,
 	mm->context.ctx_id = atomic64_inc_return(&last_mm_ctx_id);
 	atomic64_set(&mm->context.tlb_gen, 0);
 
-	#ifdef CONFIG_X86_INTEL_MEMORY_PROTECTION_KEYS
+#ifdef CONFIG_X86_INTEL_MEMORY_PROTECTION_KEYS
 	if (cpu_feature_enabled(X86_FEATURE_OSPKE)) {
 		/* pkey 0 is the default and always allocated */
 		mm->context.pkey_allocation_map = 0x1;
 		/* -1 means unallocated or invalid */
 		mm->context.execute_only_pkey = -1;
 	}
-	#endif
-	return init_new_context_ldt(tsk, mm);
+#endif
+	init_new_context_ldt(mm);
+	return 0;
 }
 static inline void destroy_context(struct mm_struct *mm)
 {
@@ -181,7 +188,7 @@ do {						\
 static inline int arch_dup_mmap(struct mm_struct *oldmm, struct mm_struct *mm)
 {
 	paravirt_arch_dup_mmap(oldmm, mm);
-	return 0;
+	return ldt_dup_context(oldmm, mm);
 }
 
 static inline void arch_exit_mmap(struct mm_struct *mm)
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/ldt.c b/arch/x86/kernel/ldt.c
index 1600aebc1ec78f6853ea47d99fbc11360a14acc4..a6b5d62f45a737b84124411f56a64fdd869ca4f8 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/ldt.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/ldt.c
@@ -131,28 +131,20 @@ static void free_ldt_struct(struct ldt_struct *ldt)
 }
 
 /*
- * we do not have to muck with descriptors here, that is
- * done in switch_mm() as needed.
+ * Called on fork from arch_dup_mmap(). Just copy the current LDT state,
+ * the new task is not running, so nothing can be installed.
  */
-int init_new_context_ldt(struct task_struct *tsk, struct mm_struct *mm)
+int ldt_dup_context(struct mm_struct *old_mm, struct mm_struct *mm)
 {
 	struct ldt_struct *new_ldt;
-	struct mm_struct *old_mm;
 	int retval = 0;
 
-	init_rwsem(&mm->context.ldt_usr_sem);
-
-	old_mm = current->mm;
-	if (!old_mm) {
-		mm->context.ldt = NULL;
+	if (!old_mm)
 		return 0;
-	}
 
 	mutex_lock(&old_mm->context.lock);
-	if (!old_mm->context.ldt) {
-		mm->context.ldt = NULL;
+	if (!old_mm->context.ldt)
 		goto out_unlock;
-	}
 
 	new_ldt = alloc_ldt_struct(old_mm->context.ldt->nr_entries);
 	if (!new_ldt) {
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/x86/ldt_gdt.c b/tools/testing/selftests/x86/ldt_gdt.c
index 66e5ce5b91f008d5dffc7848d0e99d730ad589b5..0304ffb714f272a5646ff8134abdae92f491c5ad 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/x86/ldt_gdt.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/x86/ldt_gdt.c
@@ -627,13 +627,10 @@ static void do_multicpu_tests(void)
 static int finish_exec_test(void)
 {
 	/*
-	 * In a sensible world, this would be check_invalid_segment(0, 1);
-	 * For better or for worse, though, the LDT is inherited across exec.
-	 * We can probably change this safely, but for now we test it.
+	 * Older kernel versions did inherit the LDT on exec() which is
+	 * wrong because exec() starts from a clean state.
 	 */
-	check_valid_segment(0, 1,
-			    AR_DPL3 | AR_TYPE_XRCODE | AR_S | AR_P | AR_DB,
-			    42, true);
+	check_invalid_segment(0, 1);
 
 	return nerrs ? 1 : 0;
 }