diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/uaccess_64.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/uaccess_64.h
index 81b826d3b753..f2c02e4469cc 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/uaccess_64.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/uaccess_64.h
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ copy_user_generic(void *to, const void *from, unsigned long len)
 		"2:\n"
 		_ASM_EXTABLE_UA(1b, 2b)
 		:"+c" (len), "+D" (to), "+S" (from), ASM_CALL_CONSTRAINT
-		: : "memory", "rax", "r8", "r9", "r10", "r11");
+		: : "memory", "rax");
 	clac();
 	return len;
 }
diff --git a/arch/x86/lib/copy_user_64.S b/arch/x86/lib/copy_user_64.S
index 01c5de4c279b..0a81aafed7f8 100644
--- a/arch/x86/lib/copy_user_64.S
+++ b/arch/x86/lib/copy_user_64.S
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
  * NOTE! The calling convention is very intentionally the same as
  * for 'rep movs', so that we can rewrite the function call with
  * just a plain 'rep movs' on machines that have FSRM.  But to make
- * it simpler for us, we can clobber rsi/rdi and rax/r8-r11 freely.
+ * it simpler for us, we can clobber rsi/rdi and rax freely.
  */
 SYM_FUNC_START(rep_movs_alternative)
 	cmpq $64,%rcx
@@ -68,55 +68,24 @@ SYM_FUNC_START(rep_movs_alternative)
 	_ASM_EXTABLE_UA( 3b, .Lcopy_user_tail)
 
 .Llarge:
-0:	ALTERNATIVE "jmp .Lunrolled", "rep movsb", X86_FEATURE_ERMS
+0:	ALTERNATIVE "jmp .Llarge_movsq", "rep movsb", X86_FEATURE_ERMS
 1:	RET
 
-        _ASM_EXTABLE_UA( 0b, 1b)
+	_ASM_EXTABLE_UA( 0b, 1b)
 
-	.p2align 4
-.Lunrolled:
-10:	movq (%rsi),%r8
-11:	movq 8(%rsi),%r9
-12:	movq 16(%rsi),%r10
-13:	movq 24(%rsi),%r11
-14:	movq %r8,(%rdi)
-15:	movq %r9,8(%rdi)
-16:	movq %r10,16(%rdi)
-17:	movq %r11,24(%rdi)
-20:	movq 32(%rsi),%r8
-21:	movq 40(%rsi),%r9
-22:	movq 48(%rsi),%r10
-23:	movq 56(%rsi),%r11
-24:	movq %r8,32(%rdi)
-25:	movq %r9,40(%rdi)
-26:	movq %r10,48(%rdi)
-27:	movq %r11,56(%rdi)
-	addq $64,%rsi
-	addq $64,%rdi
-	subq $64,%rcx
-	cmpq $64,%rcx
-	jae .Lunrolled
-	cmpl $8,%ecx
-	jae .Lword
+.Llarge_movsq:
+	movq %rcx,%rax
+	shrq $3,%rcx
+	andl $7,%eax
+0:	rep movsq
+	movl %eax,%ecx
 	testl %ecx,%ecx
 	jne .Lcopy_user_tail
 	RET
 
-	_ASM_EXTABLE_UA(10b, .Lcopy_user_tail)
-	_ASM_EXTABLE_UA(11b, .Lcopy_user_tail)
-	_ASM_EXTABLE_UA(12b, .Lcopy_user_tail)
-	_ASM_EXTABLE_UA(13b, .Lcopy_user_tail)
-	_ASM_EXTABLE_UA(14b, .Lcopy_user_tail)
-	_ASM_EXTABLE_UA(15b, .Lcopy_user_tail)
-	_ASM_EXTABLE_UA(16b, .Lcopy_user_tail)
-	_ASM_EXTABLE_UA(17b, .Lcopy_user_tail)
-	_ASM_EXTABLE_UA(20b, .Lcopy_user_tail)
-	_ASM_EXTABLE_UA(21b, .Lcopy_user_tail)
-	_ASM_EXTABLE_UA(22b, .Lcopy_user_tail)
-	_ASM_EXTABLE_UA(23b, .Lcopy_user_tail)
-	_ASM_EXTABLE_UA(24b, .Lcopy_user_tail)
-	_ASM_EXTABLE_UA(25b, .Lcopy_user_tail)
-	_ASM_EXTABLE_UA(26b, .Lcopy_user_tail)
-	_ASM_EXTABLE_UA(27b, .Lcopy_user_tail)
+1:	leaq (%rax,%rcx,8),%rcx
+	jmp .Lcopy_user_tail
+
+	_ASM_EXTABLE_UA( 0b, 1b)
 SYM_FUNC_END(rep_movs_alternative)
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(rep_movs_alternative)