diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/fpu/internal.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/fpu/internal.h
index 1dcb29e8d92c043cf7496c3439acfd69246ca971..590f27488fcaf68feb8b043264a46b6920606336 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/fpu/internal.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/fpu/internal.h
@@ -488,15 +488,16 @@ DECLARE_PER_CPU(struct fpu *, fpu_fpregs_owner_ctx);
  *
  * Any code that clobbers the FPU registers or updates the in-memory
  * FPU state for a task MUST let the rest of the kernel know that the
- * FPU registers are no longer valid for this task. Calling either of
- * these two invalidate functions is enough, use whichever is convenient.
+ * FPU registers are no longer valid for this task.
  *
- * Must be run with preemption disabled: this clears the fpu_fpregs_owner_ctx,
- * on this CPU.
+ * Either one of these invalidation functions is enough. Invalidate
+ * a resource you control: CPU if using the CPU for something else
+ * (with preemption disabled), FPU for the current task, or a task that
+ * is prevented from running by the current task.
  */
-static inline void __cpu_invalidate_fpregs_state(unsigned int cpu)
+static inline void __cpu_invalidate_fpregs_state(void)
 {
-	per_cpu(fpu_fpregs_owner_ctx, cpu) = NULL;
+	__this_cpu_write(fpu_fpregs_owner_ctx, NULL);
 }
 
 static inline void __fpu_invalidate_fpregs_state(struct fpu *fpu)
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/fpu/core.c b/arch/x86/kernel/fpu/core.c
index 25a45ddfdbcf798f8e64c6e8774d6578beddb78a..30f11ab6c07e37fa53c52841062f7d6962b5ae85 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/fpu/core.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/fpu/core.c
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ void __kernel_fpu_begin(void)
 		 */
 		copy_fpregs_to_fpstate(fpu);
 	} else {
-		this_cpu_write(fpu_fpregs_owner_ctx, NULL);
+		__cpu_invalidate_fpregs_state();
 	}
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(__kernel_fpu_begin);
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/smpboot.c b/arch/x86/kernel/smpboot.c
index ca4c4ca2f6af73c1fddcec2b4055ca76f34c8b4d..5cb801acc2e5ffb09664540b6026341c0c801c75 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/smpboot.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/smpboot.c
@@ -1111,7 +1111,7 @@ int native_cpu_up(unsigned int cpu, struct task_struct *tidle)
 		return err;
 
 	/* the FPU context is blank, nobody can own it */
-	__cpu_invalidate_fpregs_state(cpu);
+	per_cpu(fpu_fpregs_owner_ctx, cpu) = NULL;
 
 	common_cpu_up(cpu, tidle);