diff --git a/include/linux/sched.h b/include/linux/sched.h
index 50db9496c99d..2c5d638daaad 100644
--- a/include/linux/sched.h
+++ b/include/linux/sched.h
@@ -748,6 +748,7 @@ struct task_struct {
 	unsigned int			policy;
 	int				nr_cpus_allowed;
 	const cpumask_t			*cpus_ptr;
+	cpumask_t			*user_cpus_ptr;
 	cpumask_t			cpus_mask;
 	void				*migration_pending;
 #ifdef CONFIG_SMP
@@ -1706,6 +1707,8 @@ extern int task_can_attach(struct task_struct *p, const struct cpumask *cs_cpus_
 #ifdef CONFIG_SMP
 extern void do_set_cpus_allowed(struct task_struct *p, const struct cpumask *new_mask);
 extern int set_cpus_allowed_ptr(struct task_struct *p, const struct cpumask *new_mask);
+extern int dup_user_cpus_ptr(struct task_struct *dst, struct task_struct *src, int node);
+extern void release_user_cpus_ptr(struct task_struct *p);
 #else
 static inline void do_set_cpus_allowed(struct task_struct *p, const struct cpumask *new_mask)
 {
@@ -1716,6 +1719,16 @@ static inline int set_cpus_allowed_ptr(struct task_struct *p, const struct cpuma
 		return -EINVAL;
 	return 0;
 }
+static inline int dup_user_cpus_ptr(struct task_struct *dst, struct task_struct *src, int node)
+{
+	if (src->user_cpus_ptr)
+		return -EINVAL;
+	return 0;
+}
+static inline void release_user_cpus_ptr(struct task_struct *p)
+{
+	WARN_ON(p->user_cpus_ptr);
+}
 #endif
 
 extern int yield_to(struct task_struct *p, bool preempt);
diff --git a/init/init_task.c b/init/init_task.c
index 562f2ef8d157..2d024066e27b 100644
--- a/init/init_task.c
+++ b/init/init_task.c
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ struct task_struct init_task
 	.normal_prio	= MAX_PRIO - 20,
 	.policy		= SCHED_NORMAL,
 	.cpus_ptr	= &init_task.cpus_mask,
+	.user_cpus_ptr	= NULL,
 	.cpus_mask	= CPU_MASK_ALL,
 	.nr_cpus_allowed= NR_CPUS,
 	.mm		= NULL,
diff --git a/kernel/fork.c b/kernel/fork.c
index 1a9af73b47c1..5d7addf0c41a 100644
--- a/kernel/fork.c
+++ b/kernel/fork.c
@@ -446,6 +446,7 @@ void put_task_stack(struct task_struct *tsk)
 
 void free_task(struct task_struct *tsk)
 {
+	release_user_cpus_ptr(tsk);
 	scs_release(tsk);
 
 #ifndef CONFIG_THREAD_INFO_IN_TASK
@@ -919,6 +920,7 @@ static struct task_struct *dup_task_struct(struct task_struct *orig, int node)
 #endif
 	if (orig->cpus_ptr == &orig->cpus_mask)
 		tsk->cpus_ptr = &tsk->cpus_mask;
+	dup_user_cpus_ptr(tsk, orig, node);
 
 	/*
 	 * One for the user space visible state that goes away when reaped.
diff --git a/kernel/sched/core.c b/kernel/sched/core.c
index 8cec0d24c88c..360a3ec6d03b 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/core.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/core.c
@@ -2480,6 +2480,26 @@ void do_set_cpus_allowed(struct task_struct *p, const struct cpumask *new_mask)
 	__do_set_cpus_allowed(p, new_mask, 0);
 }
 
+int dup_user_cpus_ptr(struct task_struct *dst, struct task_struct *src,
+		      int node)
+{
+	if (!src->user_cpus_ptr)
+		return 0;
+
+	dst->user_cpus_ptr = kmalloc_node(cpumask_size(), GFP_KERNEL, node);
+	if (!dst->user_cpus_ptr)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	cpumask_copy(dst->user_cpus_ptr, src->user_cpus_ptr);
+	return 0;
+}
+
+void release_user_cpus_ptr(struct task_struct *p)
+{
+	kfree(p->user_cpus_ptr);
+	p->user_cpus_ptr = NULL;
+}
+
 /*
  * This function is wildly self concurrent; here be dragons.
  *