diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/fpu/internal.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/fpu/internal.h
index ceeba9f63172..18382ac1ecc4 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/fpu/internal.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/fpu/internal.h
@@ -578,7 +578,7 @@ static inline void switch_fpu_finish(struct fpu *new_fpu)
 	 * PKRU state is switched eagerly because it needs to be valid before we
 	 * return to userland e.g. for a copy_to_user() operation.
 	 */
-	if (current->mm) {
+	if (!(current->flags & PF_KTHREAD)) {
 		pk = get_xsave_addr(&new_fpu->state.xsave, XFEATURE_PKRU);
 		if (pk)
 			pkru_val = pk->pkru;