diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/fpu/core.c b/arch/x86/kernel/fpu/core.c
index 550157686323..46b935bc87c8 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/fpu/core.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/fpu/core.c
@@ -391,8 +391,6 @@ int fpu_copy_uabi_to_guest_fpstate(struct fpu_guest *gfpu, const void *buf,
 {
 	struct fpstate *kstate = gfpu->fpstate;
 	const union fpregs_state *ustate = buf;
-	struct pkru_state *xpkru;
-	int ret;
 
 	if (!cpu_feature_enabled(X86_FEATURE_XSAVE)) {
 		if (ustate->xsave.header.xfeatures & ~XFEATURE_MASK_FPSSE)
@@ -406,16 +404,7 @@ int fpu_copy_uabi_to_guest_fpstate(struct fpu_guest *gfpu, const void *buf,
 	if (ustate->xsave.header.xfeatures & ~xcr0)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	ret = copy_uabi_from_kernel_to_xstate(kstate, ustate, vpkru);
-	if (ret)
-		return ret;
-
-	/* Retrieve PKRU if not in init state */
-	if (kstate->regs.xsave.header.xfeatures & XFEATURE_MASK_PKRU) {
-		xpkru = get_xsave_addr(&kstate->regs.xsave, XFEATURE_PKRU);
-		*vpkru = xpkru->pkru;
-	}
-	return 0;
+	return copy_uabi_from_kernel_to_xstate(kstate, ustate, vpkru);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(fpu_copy_uabi_to_guest_fpstate);
 #endif /* CONFIG_KVM */
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/fpu/xstate.c b/arch/x86/kernel/fpu/xstate.c
index d657c8b1fb08..a8cf604d8a25 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/fpu/xstate.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/fpu/xstate.c
@@ -1205,10 +1205,22 @@ static int copy_from_buffer(void *dst, unsigned int offset, unsigned int size,
  * @fpstate:	The fpstate buffer to copy to
  * @kbuf:	The UABI format buffer, if it comes from the kernel
  * @ubuf:	The UABI format buffer, if it comes from userspace
- * @pkru:	unused
+ * @pkru:	The location to write the PKRU value to
  *
  * Converts from the UABI format into the kernel internal hardware
  * dependent format.
+ *
+ * This function ultimately has three different callers with distinct PKRU
+ * behavior.
+ * 1.	When called from sigreturn the PKRU register will be restored from
+ *	@fpstate via an XRSTOR. Correctly copying the UABI format buffer to
+ *	@fpstate is sufficient to cover this case, but the caller will also
+ *	pass a pointer to the thread_struct's pkru field in @pkru and updating
+ *	it is harmless.
+ * 2.	When called from ptrace the PKRU register will be restored from the
+ *	thread_struct's pkru field. A pointer to that is passed in @pkru.
+ * 3.	When called from KVM the PKRU register will be restored from the vcpu's
+ *	pkru field. A pointer to that is passed in @pkru.
  */
 static int copy_uabi_to_xstate(struct fpstate *fpstate, const void *kbuf,
 			       const void __user *ubuf, u32 *pkru)
@@ -1260,6 +1272,13 @@ static int copy_uabi_to_xstate(struct fpstate *fpstate, const void *kbuf,
 		}
 	}
 
+	if (hdr.xfeatures & XFEATURE_MASK_PKRU) {
+		struct pkru_state *xpkru;
+
+		xpkru = __raw_xsave_addr(xsave, XFEATURE_PKRU);
+		*pkru = xpkru->pkru;
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * The state that came in from userspace was user-state only.
 	 * Mask all the user states out of 'xfeatures':