diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/fpu/sched.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/fpu/sched.h
index b2486b2cbc6e0c43734522c4dd142ac17af57e95..c2d6cd78ed0c2986181217a184e8d52f7e72c534 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/fpu/sched.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/fpu/sched.h
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ extern void fpu_flush_thread(void);
 static inline void switch_fpu_prepare(struct fpu *old_fpu, int cpu)
 {
 	if (cpu_feature_enabled(X86_FEATURE_FPU) &&
-	    !(current->flags & PF_KTHREAD)) {
+	    !(current->flags & (PF_KTHREAD | PF_IO_WORKER))) {
 		save_fpregs_to_fpstate(old_fpu);
 		/*
 		 * The save operation preserved register state, so the
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/fpu/context.h b/arch/x86/kernel/fpu/context.h
index 958accf2ccf07fa513424c87ad691ab6499e681d..9fcfa5c4dad799c99cafff1a0b6c4b9ad958af74 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/fpu/context.h
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/fpu/context.h
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ static inline void fpregs_restore_userregs(void)
 	struct fpu *fpu = &current->thread.fpu;
 	int cpu = smp_processor_id();
 
-	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(current->flags & PF_KTHREAD))
+	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(current->flags & (PF_KTHREAD | PF_IO_WORKER)))
 		return;
 
 	if (!fpregs_state_valid(fpu, cpu)) {
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/fpu/core.c b/arch/x86/kernel/fpu/core.c
index 9baa89a8877d01c3e9f6b883426131bbdb343aa6..2babc537ff3689bd56a2d981c88d835f1fabd2fc 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/fpu/core.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/fpu/core.c
@@ -426,7 +426,7 @@ void kernel_fpu_begin_mask(unsigned int kfpu_mask)
 
 	this_cpu_write(in_kernel_fpu, true);
 
-	if (!(current->flags & PF_KTHREAD) &&
+	if (!(current->flags & (PF_KTHREAD | PF_IO_WORKER)) &&
 	    !test_thread_flag(TIF_NEED_FPU_LOAD)) {
 		set_thread_flag(TIF_NEED_FPU_LOAD);
 		save_fpregs_to_fpstate(&current->thread.fpu);