diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/fpu/internal.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/fpu/internal.h
index 9f135e5b9cf5..a9d1dd82d820 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/fpu/internal.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/fpu/internal.h
@@ -102,6 +102,7 @@ static inline void fpstate_init_fxstate(struct fxregs_state *fx)
 }
 extern void fpstate_sanitize_xstate(struct fpu *fpu);
 
+/* Returns 0 or the negated trap number, which results in -EFAULT for #PF */
 #define user_insn(insn, output, input...)				\
 ({									\
 	int err;							\
@@ -109,14 +110,14 @@ extern void fpstate_sanitize_xstate(struct fpu *fpu);
 	might_fault();							\
 									\
 	asm volatile(ASM_STAC "\n"					\
-		     "1:" #insn "\n\t"					\
+		     "1: " #insn "\n"					\
 		     "2: " ASM_CLAC "\n"				\
 		     ".section .fixup,\"ax\"\n"				\
-		     "3:  movl $-1,%[err]\n"				\
+		     "3:  negl %%eax\n"					\
 		     "    jmp  2b\n"					\
 		     ".previous\n"					\
-		     _ASM_EXTABLE(1b, 3b)				\
-		     : [err] "=r" (err), output				\
+		     _ASM_EXTABLE_FAULT(1b, 3b)				\
+		     : [err] "=a" (err), output				\
 		     : "0"(0), input);					\
 	err;								\
 })
@@ -210,16 +211,20 @@ static inline void copy_fxregs_to_kernel(struct fpu *fpu)
 #define XRSTOR		".byte " REX_PREFIX "0x0f,0xae,0x2f"
 #define XRSTORS		".byte " REX_PREFIX "0x0f,0xc7,0x1f"
 
+/*
+ * After this @err contains 0 on success or the negated trap number when
+ * the operation raises an exception. For faults this results in -EFAULT.
+ */
 #define XSTATE_OP(op, st, lmask, hmask, err)				\
 	asm volatile("1:" op "\n\t"					\
 		     "xor %[err], %[err]\n"				\
 		     "2:\n\t"						\
 		     ".pushsection .fixup,\"ax\"\n\t"			\
-		     "3: movl $-2,%[err]\n\t"				\
+		     "3: negl %%eax\n\t"				\
 		     "jmp 2b\n\t"					\
 		     ".popsection\n\t"					\
-		     _ASM_EXTABLE(1b, 3b)				\
-		     : [err] "=r" (err)					\
+		     _ASM_EXTABLE_FAULT(1b, 3b)				\
+		     : [err] "=a" (err)					\
 		     : "D" (st), "m" (*st), "a" (lmask), "d" (hmask)	\
 		     : "memory")