diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/uprobes.c b/arch/x86/kernel/uprobes.c
index 60b12c14cf6f..8c38784cf992 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/uprobes.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/uprobes.c
@@ -296,6 +296,10 @@ static int uprobe_init_insn(struct arch_uprobe *auprobe, struct insn *insn, bool
 	if (is_prefix_bad(insn))
 		return -ENOTSUPP;
 
+	/* We should not singlestep on the exception masking instructions */
+	if (insn_masking_exception(insn))
+		return -ENOTSUPP;
+
 	if (x86_64)
 		good_insns = good_insns_64;
 	else