diff --git a/include/linux/sched.h b/include/linux/sched.h
index 1549584a15388a21b6a3d02938da2cfa50c8ccce..50606a6e73d686ea6a3dad3c1d7342f620cdea7b 100644
--- a/include/linux/sched.h
+++ b/include/linux/sched.h
@@ -1057,7 +1057,6 @@ struct task_struct {
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_RSEQ
 	struct rseq __user *rseq;
-	u32 rseq_len;
 	u32 rseq_sig;
 	/*
 	 * RmW on rseq_event_mask must be performed atomically
@@ -1855,12 +1854,10 @@ static inline void rseq_fork(struct task_struct *t, unsigned long clone_flags)
 {
 	if (clone_flags & CLONE_THREAD) {
 		t->rseq = NULL;
-		t->rseq_len = 0;
 		t->rseq_sig = 0;
 		t->rseq_event_mask = 0;
 	} else {
 		t->rseq = current->rseq;
-		t->rseq_len = current->rseq_len;
 		t->rseq_sig = current->rseq_sig;
 		t->rseq_event_mask = current->rseq_event_mask;
 	}
@@ -1869,7 +1866,6 @@ static inline void rseq_fork(struct task_struct *t, unsigned long clone_flags)
 static inline void rseq_execve(struct task_struct *t)
 {
 	t->rseq = NULL;
-	t->rseq_len = 0;
 	t->rseq_sig = 0;
 	t->rseq_event_mask = 0;
 }
diff --git a/kernel/rseq.c b/kernel/rseq.c
index 849afe74913179a7b8ce581de83e724ce1bf96f6..9424ee90589effcc841ead2bd0f5ddb20e646a17 100644
--- a/kernel/rseq.c
+++ b/kernel/rseq.c
@@ -313,7 +313,7 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE4(rseq, struct rseq __user *, rseq, u32, rseq_len,
 		/* Unregister rseq for current thread. */
 		if (current->rseq != rseq || !current->rseq)
 			return -EINVAL;
-		if (current->rseq_len != rseq_len)
+		if (rseq_len != sizeof(*rseq))
 			return -EINVAL;
 		if (current->rseq_sig != sig)
 			return -EPERM;
@@ -321,7 +321,6 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE4(rseq, struct rseq __user *, rseq, u32, rseq_len,
 		if (ret)
 			return ret;
 		current->rseq = NULL;
-		current->rseq_len = 0;
 		current->rseq_sig = 0;
 		return 0;
 	}
@@ -335,7 +334,7 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE4(rseq, struct rseq __user *, rseq, u32, rseq_len,
 		 * the provided address differs from the prior
 		 * one.
 		 */
-		if (current->rseq != rseq || current->rseq_len != rseq_len)
+		if (current->rseq != rseq || rseq_len != sizeof(*rseq))
 			return -EINVAL;
 		if (current->rseq_sig != sig)
 			return -EPERM;
@@ -353,7 +352,6 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE4(rseq, struct rseq __user *, rseq, u32, rseq_len,
 	if (!access_ok(rseq, rseq_len))
 		return -EFAULT;
 	current->rseq = rseq;
-	current->rseq_len = rseq_len;
 	current->rseq_sig = sig;
 	/*
 	 * If rseq was previously inactive, and has just been