diff --git a/arch/ia64/kernel/ivt.S b/arch/ia64/kernel/ivt.S
index 6678c49daba3c40fcf9972c572ad6087e4690ce5..80b44ea052d74420abca826c119d8ee192743144 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/kernel/ivt.S
+++ b/arch/ia64/kernel/ivt.S
@@ -1076,48 +1076,6 @@ END(ia64_syscall_setup)
 	DBG_FAULT(15)
 	FAULT(15)
 
-	/*
-	 * Squatting in this space ...
-	 *
-	 * This special case dispatcher for illegal operation faults allows preserved
-	 * registers to be modified through a callback function (asm only) that is handed
-	 * back from the fault handler in r8. Up to three arguments can be passed to the
-	 * callback function by returning an aggregate with the callback as its first
-	 * element, followed by the arguments.
-	 */
-ENTRY(dispatch_illegal_op_fault)
-	.prologue
-	.body
-	SAVE_MIN_WITH_COVER
-	ssm psr.ic | PSR_DEFAULT_BITS
-	;;
-	srlz.i		// guarantee that interruption collection is on
-	;;
-(p15)	ssm psr.i	// restore psr.i
-	adds r3=8,r2	// set up second base pointer for SAVE_REST
-	;;
-	alloc r14=ar.pfs,0,0,1,0	// must be first in insn group
-	mov out0=ar.ec
-	;;
-	SAVE_REST
-	PT_REGS_UNWIND_INFO(0)
-	;;
-	br.call.sptk.many rp=ia64_illegal_op_fault
-.ret0:	;;
-	alloc r14=ar.pfs,0,0,3,0	// must be first in insn group
-	mov out0=r9
-	mov out1=r10
-	mov out2=r11
-	movl r15=ia64_leave_kernel
-	;;
-	mov rp=r15
-	mov b6=r8
-	;;
-	cmp.ne p6,p0=0,r8
-(p6)	br.call.dpnt.many b6=b6		// call returns to ia64_leave_kernel
-	br.sptk.many ia64_leave_kernel
-END(dispatch_illegal_op_fault)
-
 	.org ia64_ivt+0x4000
 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 // 0x4000 Entry 16 (size 64 bundles) Reserved
@@ -1715,6 +1673,48 @@ END(ia32_interrupt)
 	DBG_FAULT(67)
 	FAULT(67)
 
+	/*
+	 * Squatting in this space ...
+	 *
+	 * This special case dispatcher for illegal operation faults allows preserved
+	 * registers to be modified through a callback function (asm only) that is handed
+	 * back from the fault handler in r8. Up to three arguments can be passed to the
+	 * callback function by returning an aggregate with the callback as its first
+	 * element, followed by the arguments.
+	 */
+ENTRY(dispatch_illegal_op_fault)
+	.prologue
+	.body
+	SAVE_MIN_WITH_COVER
+	ssm psr.ic | PSR_DEFAULT_BITS
+	;;
+	srlz.i		// guarantee that interruption collection is on
+	;;
+(p15)	ssm psr.i	// restore psr.i
+	adds r3=8,r2	// set up second base pointer for SAVE_REST
+	;;
+	alloc r14=ar.pfs,0,0,1,0	// must be first in insn group
+	mov out0=ar.ec
+	;;
+	SAVE_REST
+	PT_REGS_UNWIND_INFO(0)
+	;;
+	br.call.sptk.many rp=ia64_illegal_op_fault
+.ret0:	;;
+	alloc r14=ar.pfs,0,0,3,0	// must be first in insn group
+	mov out0=r9
+	mov out1=r10
+	mov out2=r11
+	movl r15=ia64_leave_kernel
+	;;
+	mov rp=r15
+	mov b6=r8
+	;;
+	cmp.ne p6,p0=0,r8
+(p6)	br.call.dpnt.many b6=b6		// call returns to ia64_leave_kernel
+	br.sptk.many ia64_leave_kernel
+END(dispatch_illegal_op_fault)
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_IA32_SUPPORT
 
 	/*
diff --git a/arch/ia64/kernel/minstate.h b/arch/ia64/kernel/minstate.h
index 7c548ac52bbc0956b4683a197f713c29436d0c71..74b6d670aaef2d42a4c7574a3543b3fb26e6dd98 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/kernel/minstate.h
+++ b/arch/ia64/kernel/minstate.h
@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@
 #define ACCOUNT_SYS_ENTER
 #endif
 
+.section ".data.patch.rse", "a"
+.previous
+
 /*
  * DO_SAVE_MIN switches to the kernel stacks (if necessary) and saves
  * the minimum state necessary that allows us to turn psr.ic back
@@ -40,7 +43,7 @@
  * Note that psr.ic is NOT turned on by this macro.  This is so that
  * we can pass interruption state as arguments to a handler.
  */
-#define DO_SAVE_MIN(COVER,SAVE_IFS,EXTRA)							\
+#define DO_SAVE_MIN(COVER,SAVE_IFS,EXTRA,WORKAROUND)						\
 	mov r16=IA64_KR(CURRENT);	/* M */							\
 	mov r27=ar.rsc;			/* M */							\
 	mov r20=r1;			/* A */							\
@@ -87,6 +90,7 @@
 	tbit.nz p15,p0=r29,IA64_PSR_I_BIT;							\
 	mov r29=b0										\
 	;;											\
+	WORKAROUND;										\
 	adds r16=PT(R8),r1;	/* initialize first base pointer */				\
 	adds r17=PT(R9),r1;	/* initialize second base pointer */				\
 (pKStk)	mov r18=r0;		/* make sure r18 isn't NaT */					\
@@ -206,6 +210,40 @@
 	st8 [r25]=r10;      	/* ar.ssd */	\
 	;;
 
-#define SAVE_MIN_WITH_COVER	DO_SAVE_MIN(cover, mov r30=cr.ifs,)
-#define SAVE_MIN_WITH_COVER_R19	DO_SAVE_MIN(cover, mov r30=cr.ifs, mov r15=r19)
-#define SAVE_MIN		DO_SAVE_MIN(     , mov r30=r0, )
+#define RSE_WORKAROUND				\
+(pUStk) extr.u r17=r18,3,6;			\
+(pUStk)	sub r16=r18,r22;			\
+[1:](pKStk)	br.cond.sptk.many 1f;		\
+	.xdata4 ".data.patch.rse",1b-.		\
+	;;					\
+	cmp.ge p6,p7 = 33,r17;			\
+	;;					\
+(p6)	mov r17=0x310;				\
+(p7)	mov r17=0x308;				\
+	;;					\
+	cmp.leu p1,p0=r16,r17;			\
+(p1)	br.cond.sptk.many 1f;			\
+	dep.z r17=r26,0,62;			\
+	movl r16=2f;				\
+	;;					\
+	mov ar.pfs=r17;				\
+	dep r27=r0,r27,16,14;			\
+	mov b0=r16;				\
+	;;					\
+	br.ret.sptk b0;				\
+	;;					\
+2:						\
+	mov ar.rsc=r0				\
+	;;					\
+	flushrs;				\
+	;;					\
+	mov ar.bspstore=r22			\
+	;;					\
+	mov r18=ar.bsp;				\
+	;;					\
+1:						\
+	.pred.rel "mutex", pKStk, pUStk
+
+#define SAVE_MIN_WITH_COVER	DO_SAVE_MIN(cover, mov r30=cr.ifs, , RSE_WORKAROUND)
+#define SAVE_MIN_WITH_COVER_R19	DO_SAVE_MIN(cover, mov r30=cr.ifs, mov r15=r19, RSE_WORKAROUND)
+#define SAVE_MIN			DO_SAVE_MIN(     , mov r30=r0, , )
diff --git a/arch/ia64/kernel/patch.c b/arch/ia64/kernel/patch.c
index e0dca8743dbb11b87031b7ec9e8e845638a7bb4a..b83b2c516008d4cdac5db340a53c74dfa8f4444a 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/kernel/patch.c
+++ b/arch/ia64/kernel/patch.c
@@ -115,6 +115,29 @@ ia64_patch_vtop (unsigned long start, unsigned long end)
 	ia64_srlz_i();
 }
 
+/*
+ * Disable the RSE workaround by turning the conditional branch
+ * that we tagged in each place the workaround was used into an
+ * unconditional branch.
+ */
+void __init
+ia64_patch_rse (unsigned long start, unsigned long end)
+{
+	s32 *offp = (s32 *) start;
+	u64 ip, *b;
+
+	while (offp < (s32 *) end) {
+		ip = (u64) offp + *offp;
+
+		b = (u64 *)(ip & -16);
+		b[1] &= ~0xf800000L;
+		ia64_fc((void *) ip);
+		++offp;
+	}
+	ia64_sync_i();
+	ia64_srlz_i();
+}
+
 void __init
 ia64_patch_mckinley_e9 (unsigned long start, unsigned long end)
 {
diff --git a/arch/ia64/kernel/setup.c b/arch/ia64/kernel/setup.c
index e9596cd0cdab21595f7c5f85d7da7d2952beb5d6..f48a809c686d899be2d431a96487e292329dc9c8 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/kernel/setup.c
+++ b/arch/ia64/kernel/setup.c
@@ -560,6 +560,17 @@ setup_arch (char **cmdline_p)
 	/* process SAL system table: */
 	ia64_sal_init(__va(efi.sal_systab));
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_ITANIUM
+	ia64_patch_rse((u64) __start___rse_patchlist, (u64) __end___rse_patchlist);
+#else
+	{
+		u64 num_phys_stacked;
+
+		if (ia64_pal_rse_info(&num_phys_stacked, 0) == 0 && num_phys_stacked > 96)
+			ia64_patch_rse((u64) __start___rse_patchlist, (u64) __end___rse_patchlist);
+	}
+#endif
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_SMP
 	cpu_physical_id(0) = hard_smp_processor_id();
 #endif
diff --git a/arch/ia64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/ia64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index 80622acc95deea98c83f5e2ce97cc11cc4bc883a..5929ab10a289d8adeec09ee13ba0a4b03ed4d2ca 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/ia64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -156,6 +156,13 @@ SECTIONS
 	  __end___vtop_patchlist = .;
 	}
 
+  .data.patch.rse : AT(ADDR(.data.patch.rse) - LOAD_OFFSET)
+	{
+	  __start___rse_patchlist = .;
+	  *(.data.patch.rse)
+	  __end___rse_patchlist = .;
+	}
+
   .data.patch.mckinley_e9 : AT(ADDR(.data.patch.mckinley_e9) - LOAD_OFFSET)
 	{
 	  __start___mckinley_e9_bundles = .;
diff --git a/include/asm-ia64/patch.h b/include/asm-ia64/patch.h
index a71543084fb41dc51cd90b168824a6a5a4b5eb26..295fe6ab4584c4db9585c6a84ff9ac450d590c77 100644
--- a/include/asm-ia64/patch.h
+++ b/include/asm-ia64/patch.h
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ extern void ia64_patch_imm60 (u64 insn_addr, u64 val);		/* patch "brl" w/ip-rel
 extern void ia64_patch_mckinley_e9 (unsigned long start, unsigned long end);
 extern void ia64_patch_vtop (unsigned long start, unsigned long end);
 extern void ia64_patch_phys_stack_reg(unsigned long val);
+extern void ia64_patch_rse (unsigned long start, unsigned long end);
 extern void ia64_patch_gate (void);
 
 #endif /* _ASM_IA64_PATCH_H */
diff --git a/include/asm-ia64/ptrace.h b/include/asm-ia64/ptrace.h
index 4b2a8d40ebc5ed398538a5aa63650605b561d803..15f8dcfe6eeef8d675d07cb13d7aa71ceea0fc00 100644
--- a/include/asm-ia64/ptrace.h
+++ b/include/asm-ia64/ptrace.h
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@
 # define KERNEL_STACK_SIZE_ORDER		0
 #endif
 
-#define IA64_RBS_OFFSET			((IA64_TASK_SIZE + IA64_THREAD_INFO_SIZE + 15) & ~15)
+#define IA64_RBS_OFFSET			((IA64_TASK_SIZE + IA64_THREAD_INFO_SIZE + 31) & ~31)
 #define IA64_STK_OFFSET			((1 << KERNEL_STACK_SIZE_ORDER)*PAGE_SIZE)
 
 #define KERNEL_STACK_SIZE		IA64_STK_OFFSET
diff --git a/include/asm-ia64/sections.h b/include/asm-ia64/sections.h
index dc42a359894fe759617fdf47b5e6a048eda8190b..7286e4a9fe8449e1b02e5e762eb9dc7e1aeb53ce 100644
--- a/include/asm-ia64/sections.h
+++ b/include/asm-ia64/sections.h
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 
 extern char __per_cpu_start[], __per_cpu_end[], __phys_per_cpu_start[];
 extern char __start___vtop_patchlist[], __end___vtop_patchlist[];
+extern char __start___rse_patchlist[], __end___rse_patchlist[];
 extern char __start___mckinley_e9_bundles[], __end___mckinley_e9_bundles[];
 extern char __start___phys_stack_reg_patchlist[], __end___phys_stack_reg_patchlist[];
 extern char __start_gate_section[];