diff --git a/arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S b/arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S
index 1693c17dbf81477547b4189e79e61ba7267acfab..6344629ae1ce7d03eedd401d81e96032696c64b2 100644
--- a/arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S
+++ b/arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S
@@ -794,6 +794,12 @@ END(native_load_gs_index)
 	/* running with kernelgs */
 bad_gs:
 	SWAPGS					/* switch back to user gs */
+.macro ZAP_GS
+	/* This can't be a string because the preprocessor needs to see it. */
+	movl $__USER_DS, %eax
+	movl %eax, %gs
+.endm
+	ALTERNATIVE "", "ZAP_GS", X86_BUG_NULL_SEG
 	xorl	%eax, %eax
 	movl	%eax, %gs
 	jmp	2b