diff --git a/arch/x86/events/intel/lbr.c b/arch/x86/events/intel/lbr.c
index 9f7597a458dbb3d42922b33a23d0af9f5a493790..1d517fd08542bc622d9506f945b8ee20992d55de 100644
--- a/arch/x86/events/intel/lbr.c
+++ b/arch/x86/events/intel/lbr.c
@@ -491,7 +491,7 @@ static void intel_pmu_arch_lbr_xrstors(void *ctx)
 {
 	struct x86_perf_task_context_arch_lbr_xsave *task_ctx = ctx;
 
-	copy_kernel_to_independent_supervisor(&task_ctx->xsave, XFEATURE_MASK_LBR);
+	xrstors(&task_ctx->xsave, XFEATURE_MASK_LBR);
 }
 
 static __always_inline bool lbr_is_reset_in_cstate(void *ctx)
@@ -576,7 +576,7 @@ static void intel_pmu_arch_lbr_xsaves(void *ctx)
 {
 	struct x86_perf_task_context_arch_lbr_xsave *task_ctx = ctx;
 
-	copy_independent_supervisor_to_kernel(&task_ctx->xsave, XFEATURE_MASK_LBR);
+	xsaves(&task_ctx->xsave, XFEATURE_MASK_LBR);
 }
 
 static void __intel_pmu_lbr_save(void *ctx)
@@ -993,7 +993,7 @@ static void intel_pmu_arch_lbr_read_xsave(struct cpu_hw_events *cpuc)
 		intel_pmu_store_lbr(cpuc, NULL);
 		return;
 	}
-	copy_independent_supervisor_to_kernel(&xsave->xsave, XFEATURE_MASK_LBR);
+	xsaves(&xsave->xsave, XFEATURE_MASK_LBR);
 
 	intel_pmu_store_lbr(cpuc, xsave->lbr.entries);
 }
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/fpu/xstate.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/fpu/xstate.h
index a55bd5cabb5900bd2a246b470fa8fe4942308241..7de2384628e2a9a2d28ae4b22cec1f7442abf6f7 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/fpu/xstate.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/fpu/xstate.h
@@ -104,8 +104,9 @@ void *get_xsave_addr(struct xregs_state *xsave, int xfeature_nr);
 int xfeature_size(int xfeature_nr);
 int copy_uabi_from_kernel_to_xstate(struct xregs_state *xsave, const void *kbuf);
 int copy_sigframe_from_user_to_xstate(struct xregs_state *xsave, const void __user *ubuf);
-void copy_independent_supervisor_to_kernel(struct xregs_state *xstate, u64 mask);
-void copy_kernel_to_independent_supervisor(struct xregs_state *xstate, u64 mask);
+
+void xsaves(struct xregs_state *xsave, u64 mask);
+void xrstors(struct xregs_state *xsave, u64 mask);
 
 enum xstate_copy_mode {
 	XSTATE_COPY_FP,
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/fpu/xstate.c b/arch/x86/kernel/fpu/xstate.c
index 0aed464ff572a13beca0de8a146391bf51fb9710..dea986921a4f22a4eea647887e2869fef9357241 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/fpu/xstate.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/fpu/xstate.c
@@ -1162,76 +1162,74 @@ int copy_sigframe_from_user_to_xstate(struct xregs_state *xsave,
 	return copy_uabi_to_xstate(xsave, NULL, ubuf);
 }
 
+static bool validate_xsaves_xrstors(u64 mask)
+{
+	u64 xchk;
+
+	if (WARN_ON_FPU(!cpu_feature_enabled(X86_FEATURE_XSAVES)))
+		return false;
+	/*
+	 * Validate that this is either a task->fpstate related component
+	 * subset or an independent one.
+	 */
+	if (mask & xfeatures_mask_independent())
+		xchk = ~xfeatures_mask_independent();
+	else
+		xchk = ~xfeatures_mask_all;
+
+	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(!mask || mask & xchk))
+		return false;
+
+	return true;
+}
+
 /**
- * copy_independent_supervisor_to_kernel() - Save independent supervisor states to
- *                                           an xsave area
- * @xstate: A pointer to an xsave area
- * @mask: Represent the independent supervisor features saved into the xsave area
+ * xsaves - Save selected components to a kernel xstate buffer
+ * @xstate:	Pointer to the buffer
+ * @mask:	Feature mask to select the components to save
  *
- * Only the independent supervisor states sets in the mask are saved into the xsave
- * area (See the comment in XFEATURE_MASK_INDEPENDENT for the details of independent
- * supervisor feature). Besides the independent supervisor states, the legacy
- * region and XSAVE header are also saved into the xsave area. The supervisor
- * features in the XFEATURE_MASK_SUPERVISOR_SUPPORTED and
- * XFEATURE_MASK_SUPERVISOR_UNSUPPORTED are not saved.
+ * The @xstate buffer must be 64 byte aligned and correctly initialized as
+ * XSAVES does not write the full xstate header. Before first use the
+ * buffer should be zeroed otherwise a consecutive XRSTORS from that buffer
+ * can #GP.
  *
- * The xsave area must be 64-bytes aligned.
+ * The feature mask must either be a subset of the independent features or
+ * a subset of the task->fpstate related features.
  */
-void copy_independent_supervisor_to_kernel(struct xregs_state *xstate, u64 mask)
+void xsaves(struct xregs_state *xstate, u64 mask)
 {
-	u64 independent_mask = xfeatures_mask_independent() & mask;
-	u32 lmask, hmask;
 	int err;
 
-	if (WARN_ON_FPU(!boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_XSAVES)))
+	if (!validate_xsaves_xrstors(mask))
 		return;
 
-	if (WARN_ON_FPU(!independent_mask))
-		return;
-
-	lmask = independent_mask;
-	hmask = independent_mask >> 32;
-
-	XSTATE_OP(XSAVES, xstate, lmask, hmask, err);
-
-	/* Should never fault when copying to a kernel buffer */
-	WARN_ON_FPU(err);
+	XSTATE_OP(XSAVES, xstate, (u32)mask, (u32)(mask >> 32), err);
+	WARN_ON_ONCE(err);
 }
 
 /**
- * copy_kernel_to_independent_supervisor() - Restore independent supervisor states from
- *                                           an xsave area
- * @xstate: A pointer to an xsave area
- * @mask: Represent the independent supervisor features restored from the xsave area
+ * xrstors - Restore selected components from a kernel xstate buffer
+ * @xstate:	Pointer to the buffer
+ * @mask:	Feature mask to select the components to restore
+ *
+ * The @xstate buffer must be 64 byte aligned and correctly initialized
+ * otherwise XRSTORS from that buffer can #GP.
  *
- * Only the independent supervisor states sets in the mask are restored from the
- * xsave area (See the comment in XFEATURE_MASK_INDEPENDENT for the details of
- * independent supervisor feature). Besides the independent supervisor states, the
- * legacy region and XSAVE header are also restored from the xsave area. The
- * supervisor features in the XFEATURE_MASK_SUPERVISOR_SUPPORTED and
- * XFEATURE_MASK_SUPERVISOR_UNSUPPORTED are not restored.
+ * Proper usage is to restore the state which was saved with
+ * xsaves() into @xstate.
  *
- * The xsave area must be 64-bytes aligned.
+ * The feature mask must either be a subset of the independent features or
+ * a subset of the task->fpstate related features.
  */
-void copy_kernel_to_independent_supervisor(struct xregs_state *xstate, u64 mask)
+void xrstors(struct xregs_state *xstate, u64 mask)
 {
-	u64 independent_mask = xfeatures_mask_independent() & mask;
-	u32 lmask, hmask;
 	int err;
 
-	if (WARN_ON_FPU(!boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_XSAVES)))
+	if (!validate_xsaves_xrstors(mask))
 		return;
 
-	if (WARN_ON_FPU(!independent_mask))
-		return;
-
-	lmask = independent_mask;
-	hmask = independent_mask >> 32;
-
-	XSTATE_OP(XRSTORS, xstate, lmask, hmask, err);
-
-	/* Should never fault when copying from a kernel buffer */
-	WARN_ON_FPU(err);
+	XSTATE_OP(XRSTORS, xstate, (u32)mask, (u32)(mask >> 32), err);
+	WARN_ON_ONCE(err);
 }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_PROC_PID_ARCH_STATUS