diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/fault.c b/arch/x86/mm/fault.c
index cd08f4fef836..c7e32f453852 100644
--- a/arch/x86/mm/fault.c
+++ b/arch/x86/mm/fault.c
@@ -1032,7 +1032,7 @@ mm_fault_error(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned long error_code,
 	}
 }
 
-static int spurious_fault_check(unsigned long error_code, pte_t *pte)
+static int spurious_kernel_fault_check(unsigned long error_code, pte_t *pte)
 {
 	if ((error_code & X86_PF_WRITE) && !pte_write(*pte))
 		return 0;
@@ -1071,7 +1071,7 @@ static int spurious_fault_check(unsigned long error_code, pte_t *pte)
  * (Optional Invalidation).
  */
 static noinline int
-spurious_fault(unsigned long error_code, unsigned long address)
+spurious_kernel_fault(unsigned long error_code, unsigned long address)
 {
 	pgd_t *pgd;
 	p4d_t *p4d;
@@ -1102,27 +1102,27 @@ spurious_fault(unsigned long error_code, unsigned long address)
 		return 0;
 
 	if (p4d_large(*p4d))
-		return spurious_fault_check(error_code, (pte_t *) p4d);
+		return spurious_kernel_fault_check(error_code, (pte_t *) p4d);
 
 	pud = pud_offset(p4d, address);
 	if (!pud_present(*pud))
 		return 0;
 
 	if (pud_large(*pud))
-		return spurious_fault_check(error_code, (pte_t *) pud);
+		return spurious_kernel_fault_check(error_code, (pte_t *) pud);
 
 	pmd = pmd_offset(pud, address);
 	if (!pmd_present(*pmd))
 		return 0;
 
 	if (pmd_large(*pmd))
-		return spurious_fault_check(error_code, (pte_t *) pmd);
+		return spurious_kernel_fault_check(error_code, (pte_t *) pmd);
 
 	pte = pte_offset_kernel(pmd, address);
 	if (!pte_present(*pte))
 		return 0;
 
-	ret = spurious_fault_check(error_code, pte);
+	ret = spurious_kernel_fault_check(error_code, pte);
 	if (!ret)
 		return 0;
 
@@ -1130,12 +1130,12 @@ spurious_fault(unsigned long error_code, unsigned long address)
 	 * Make sure we have permissions in PMD.
 	 * If not, then there's a bug in the page tables:
 	 */
-	ret = spurious_fault_check(error_code, (pte_t *) pmd);
+	ret = spurious_kernel_fault_check(error_code, (pte_t *) pmd);
 	WARN_ONCE(!ret, "PMD has incorrect permission bits\n");
 
 	return ret;
 }
-NOKPROBE_SYMBOL(spurious_fault);
+NOKPROBE_SYMBOL(spurious_kernel_fault);
 
 int show_unhandled_signals = 1;
 
@@ -1202,6 +1202,58 @@ static inline bool smap_violation(int error_code, struct pt_regs *regs)
 	return true;
 }
 
+/*
+ * Called for all faults where 'address' is part of the kernel address
+ * space.  Might get called for faults that originate from *code* that
+ * ran in userspace or the kernel.
+ */
+static void
+do_kern_addr_fault(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned long hw_error_code,
+		   unsigned long address)
+{
+	/*
+	 * We can fault-in kernel-space virtual memory on-demand. The
+	 * 'reference' page table is init_mm.pgd.
+	 *
+	 * NOTE! We MUST NOT take any locks for this case. We may
+	 * be in an interrupt or a critical region, and should
+	 * only copy the information from the master page table,
+	 * nothing more.
+	 *
+	 * Before doing this on-demand faulting, ensure that the
+	 * fault is not any of the following:
+	 * 1. A fault on a PTE with a reserved bit set.
+	 * 2. A fault caused by a user-mode access.  (Do not demand-
+	 *    fault kernel memory due to user-mode accesses).
+	 * 3. A fault caused by a page-level protection violation.
+	 *    (A demand fault would be on a non-present page which
+	 *     would have X86_PF_PROT==0).
+	 */
+	if (!(hw_error_code & (X86_PF_RSVD | X86_PF_USER | X86_PF_PROT))) {
+		if (vmalloc_fault(address) >= 0)
+			return;
+	}
+
+	/* Was the fault spurious, caused by lazy TLB invalidation? */
+	if (spurious_kernel_fault(hw_error_code, address))
+		return;
+
+	/* kprobes don't want to hook the spurious faults: */
+	if (kprobes_fault(regs))
+		return;
+
+	/*
+	 * Note, despite being a "bad area", there are quite a few
+	 * acceptable reasons to get here, such as erratum fixups
+	 * and handling kernel code that can fault, like get_user().
+	 *
+	 * Don't take the mm semaphore here. If we fixup a prefetch
+	 * fault we could otherwise deadlock:
+	 */
+	bad_area_nosemaphore(regs, hw_error_code, address, NULL);
+}
+NOKPROBE_SYMBOL(do_kern_addr_fault);
+
 /*
  * This routine handles page faults.  It determines the address,
  * and the problem, and then passes it off to one of the appropriate
@@ -1227,38 +1279,9 @@ __do_page_fault(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned long hw_error_code,
 	if (unlikely(kmmio_fault(regs, address)))
 		return;
 
-	/*
-	 * We fault-in kernel-space virtual memory on-demand. The
-	 * 'reference' page table is init_mm.pgd.
-	 *
-	 * NOTE! We MUST NOT take any locks for this case. We may
-	 * be in an interrupt or a critical region, and should
-	 * only copy the information from the master page table,
-	 * nothing more.
-	 *
-	 * This verifies that the fault happens in kernel space
-	 * (hw_error_code & 4) == 0, and that the fault was not a
-	 * protection error (hw_error_code & 9) == 0.
-	 */
+	/* Was the fault on kernel-controlled part of the address space? */
 	if (unlikely(fault_in_kernel_space(address))) {
-		if (!(hw_error_code & (X86_PF_RSVD | X86_PF_USER | X86_PF_PROT))) {
-			if (vmalloc_fault(address) >= 0)
-				return;
-		}
-
-		/* Can handle a stale RO->RW TLB: */
-		if (spurious_fault(hw_error_code, address))
-			return;
-
-		/* kprobes don't want to hook the spurious faults: */
-		if (kprobes_fault(regs))
-			return;
-		/*
-		 * Don't take the mm semaphore here. If we fixup a prefetch
-		 * fault we could otherwise deadlock:
-		 */
-		bad_area_nosemaphore(regs, hw_error_code, address, NULL);
-
+		do_kern_addr_fault(regs, hw_error_code, address);
 		return;
 	}