diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/fpu/signal.c b/arch/x86/kernel/fpu/signal.c
index c1a5999affa099a569e9fcbabef51475d10883c4..34989d2a8893c31837a534691d168c77d5ec6138 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/fpu/signal.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/fpu/signal.c
@@ -155,7 +155,6 @@ static inline int copy_fpregs_to_sigframe(struct xregs_state __user *buf)
  */
 int copy_fpstate_to_sigframe(void __user *buf, void __user *buf_fx, int size)
 {
-	struct fpu *fpu = &current->thread.fpu;
 	struct task_struct *tsk = current;
 	int ia32_fxstate = (buf != buf_fx);
 
@@ -173,9 +172,6 @@ int copy_fpstate_to_sigframe(void __user *buf, void __user *buf_fx, int size)
 	/* Save the live registers state to the user frame directly. */
 	if (copy_fpregs_to_sigframe(buf_fx))
 		return -1;
-	/* Update the thread's fxstate to save the fsave header. */
-	if (ia32_fxstate)
-		copy_fxregs_to_kernel(fpu);
 
 	/* Save the fsave header for the 32-bit frames. */
 	if ((ia32_fxstate || !use_fxsr()) && save_fsave_header(tsk, buf))