diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/hw_breakpoint.c b/arch/x86/kernel/hw_breakpoint.c
index ff15c9dcc25de8be8144fd4d15f1dfd3069314e4..42c59425450727284615b2a920611e21047ce715 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/hw_breakpoint.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/hw_breakpoint.c
@@ -433,6 +433,10 @@ static int __kprobes hw_breakpoint_handler(struct die_args *args)
 	dr6_p = (unsigned long *)ERR_PTR(args->err);
 	dr6 = *dr6_p;
 
+	/* If it's a single step, TRAP bits are random */
+	if (dr6 & DR_STEP)
+		return NOTIFY_DONE;
+
 	/* Do an early return if no trap bits are set in DR6 */
 	if ((dr6 & DR_TRAP_BITS) == 0)
 		return NOTIFY_DONE;