diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/fpu/xstate.c b/arch/x86/kernel/fpu/xstate.c
index 095ef7ddd6ae..abfbb61b18b8 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/fpu/xstate.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/fpu/xstate.c
@@ -1077,6 +1077,7 @@ int copyin_to_xsaves(const void *kbuf, const void __user *ubuf,
 	 * Add back in the features that came in from userspace:
 	 */
 	xsave->header.xfeatures |= xfeatures;
+	xsave->header.xcomp_bv = XCOMP_BV_COMPACTED_FORMAT | xsave->header.xfeatures;
 
 	return 0;
 }