diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/insn-eval.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/insn-eval.h
index 91d7182ad2d6e7..4ec3613551e3b5 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/insn-eval.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/insn-eval.h
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ int insn_get_modrm_rm_off(struct insn *insn, struct pt_regs *regs);
 int insn_get_modrm_reg_off(struct insn *insn, struct pt_regs *regs);
 unsigned long insn_get_seg_base(struct pt_regs *regs, int seg_reg_idx);
 int insn_get_code_seg_params(struct pt_regs *regs);
+int insn_get_effective_ip(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned long *ip);
 int insn_fetch_from_user(struct pt_regs *regs,
 			 unsigned char buf[MAX_INSN_SIZE]);
 int insn_fetch_from_user_inatomic(struct pt_regs *regs,
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h
index 9ad2acaaae9b84..577f342dbfb27f 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h
@@ -518,6 +518,7 @@ struct thread_struct {
 	 */
 	unsigned long		iopl_emul;
 
+	unsigned int		iopl_warn:1;
 	unsigned int		sig_on_uaccess_err:1;
 
 	/*
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/process.c b/arch/x86/kernel/process.c
index 1d9463e3096b68..f2f733bcb2b959 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/process.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/process.c
@@ -132,6 +132,7 @@ int copy_thread(unsigned long clone_flags, unsigned long sp, unsigned long arg,
 	frame->ret_addr = (unsigned long) ret_from_fork;
 	p->thread.sp = (unsigned long) fork_frame;
 	p->thread.io_bitmap = NULL;
+	p->thread.iopl_warn = 0;
 	memset(p->thread.ptrace_bps, 0, sizeof(p->thread.ptrace_bps));
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/traps.c b/arch/x86/kernel/traps.c
index a58800973aed3a..f3f3034b06f346 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/traps.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/traps.c
@@ -528,6 +528,36 @@ static enum kernel_gp_hint get_kernel_gp_address(struct pt_regs *regs,
 
 #define GPFSTR "general protection fault"
 
+static bool fixup_iopl_exception(struct pt_regs *regs)
+{
+	struct thread_struct *t = &current->thread;
+	unsigned char byte;
+	unsigned long ip;
+
+	if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_X86_IOPL_IOPERM) || t->iopl_emul != 3)
+		return false;
+
+	if (insn_get_effective_ip(regs, &ip))
+		return false;
+
+	if (get_user(byte, (const char __user *)ip))
+		return false;
+
+	if (byte != 0xfa && byte != 0xfb)
+		return false;
+
+	if (!t->iopl_warn && printk_ratelimit()) {
+		pr_err("%s[%d] attempts to use CLI/STI, pretending it's a NOP, ip:%lx",
+		       current->comm, task_pid_nr(current), ip);
+		print_vma_addr(KERN_CONT " in ", ip);
+		pr_cont("\n");
+		t->iopl_warn = 1;
+	}
+
+	regs->ip += 1;
+	return true;
+}
+
 DEFINE_IDTENTRY_ERRORCODE(exc_general_protection)
 {
 	char desc[sizeof(GPFSTR) + 50 + 2*sizeof(unsigned long) + 1] = GPFSTR;
@@ -553,6 +583,9 @@ DEFINE_IDTENTRY_ERRORCODE(exc_general_protection)
 	tsk = current;
 
 	if (user_mode(regs)) {
+		if (fixup_iopl_exception(regs))
+			goto exit;
+
 		tsk->thread.error_code = error_code;
 		tsk->thread.trap_nr = X86_TRAP_GP;
 
diff --git a/arch/x86/lib/insn-eval.c b/arch/x86/lib/insn-eval.c
index a1d24fdc07cf02..eb3ccffb9b9dcc 100644
--- a/arch/x86/lib/insn-eval.c
+++ b/arch/x86/lib/insn-eval.c
@@ -1417,7 +1417,7 @@ void __user *insn_get_addr_ref(struct insn *insn, struct pt_regs *regs)
 	}
 }
 
-static int insn_get_effective_ip(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned long *ip)
+int insn_get_effective_ip(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned long *ip)
 {
 	unsigned long seg_base = 0;