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diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/step.c b/arch/x86/kernel/step.c
index 92c20fee678..e8b9863ef8c 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/step.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/step.c
@@ -105,6 +105,20 @@ static int is_setting_trap_flag(struct task_struct *child, struct pt_regs *regs)
 static int enable_single_step(struct task_struct *child)
 {
 	struct pt_regs *regs = task_pt_regs(child);
+	unsigned long oflags;
+
+	/*
+	 * If we stepped into a sysenter/syscall insn, it trapped in
+	 * kernel mode; do_debug() cleared TF and set TIF_SINGLESTEP.
+	 * If user-mode had set TF itself, then it's still clear from
+	 * do_debug() and we need to set it again to restore the user
+	 * state so we don't wrongly set TIF_FORCED_TF below.
+	 * If enable_single_step() was used last and that is what
+	 * set TIF_SINGLESTEP, then both TF and TIF_FORCED_TF are
+	 * already set and our bookkeeping is fine.
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(test_tsk_thread_flag(child, TIF_SINGLESTEP)))
+		regs->flags |= X86_EFLAGS_TF;
 
 	/*
 	 * Always set TIF_SINGLESTEP - this guarantees that
@@ -113,11 +127,7 @@ static int enable_single_step(struct task_struct *child)
 	 */
 	set_tsk_thread_flag(child, TIF_SINGLESTEP);
 
-	/*
-	 * If TF was already set, don't do anything else
-	 */
-	if (regs->flags & X86_EFLAGS_TF)
-		return 0;
+	oflags = regs->flags;
 
 	/* Set TF on the kernel stack.. */
 	regs->flags |= X86_EFLAGS_TF;
@@ -126,9 +136,22 @@ static int enable_single_step(struct task_struct *child)
 	 * ..but if TF is changed by the instruction we will trace,
 	 * don't mark it as being "us" that set it, so that we
 	 * won't clear it by hand later.
+	 *
+	 * Note that if we don't actually execute the popf because
+	 * of a signal arriving right now or suchlike, we will lose
+	 * track of the fact that it really was "us" that set it.
 	 */
-	if (is_setting_trap_flag(child, regs))
+	if (is_setting_trap_flag(child, regs)) {
+		clear_tsk_thread_flag(child, TIF_FORCED_TF);
 		return 0;
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * If TF was already set, check whether it was us who set it.
+	 * If not, we should never attempt a block step.
+	 */
+	if (oflags & X86_EFLAGS_TF)
+		return test_tsk_thread_flag(child, TIF_FORCED_TF);
 
 	set_tsk_thread_flag(child, TIF_FORCED_TF);