diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/fault.c b/arch/x86/mm/fault.c
index 858b47b5221b..9de4cdbf1245 100644
--- a/arch/x86/mm/fault.c
+++ b/arch/x86/mm/fault.c
@@ -575,6 +575,8 @@ static int is_f00f_bug(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned long address)
 
 static const char nx_warning[] = KERN_CRIT
 "kernel tried to execute NX-protected page - exploit attempt? (uid: %d)\n";
+static const char smep_warning[] = KERN_CRIT
+"unable to execute userspace code (SMEP?) (uid: %d)\n";
 
 static void
 show_fault_oops(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned long error_code,
@@ -595,6 +597,10 @@ show_fault_oops(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned long error_code,
 
 		if (pte && pte_present(*pte) && !pte_exec(*pte))
 			printk(nx_warning, from_kuid(&init_user_ns, current_uid()));
+		if (pte && pte_present(*pte) && pte_exec(*pte) &&
+				(pgd_flags(*pgd) & _PAGE_USER) &&
+				(read_cr4() & X86_CR4_SMEP))
+			printk(smep_warning, from_kuid(&init_user_ns, current_uid()));
 	}
 
 	printk(KERN_ALERT "BUG: unable to handle kernel ");