diff --git a/arch/x86/entry/entry_32.S b/arch/x86/entry/entry_32.S
index 0b8c93136650502647ea9b98ad4f0d2416c845ae..f07baf0388bcecd7ed84e92dba47d261228c952c 100644
--- a/arch/x86/entry/entry_32.S
+++ b/arch/x86/entry/entry_32.S
@@ -415,7 +415,8 @@
 
 .macro CHECK_AND_APPLY_ESPFIX
 #ifdef CONFIG_X86_ESPFIX32
-#define GDT_ESPFIX_SS PER_CPU_VAR(gdt_page) + (GDT_ENTRY_ESPFIX_SS * 8)
+#define GDT_ESPFIX_OFFSET (GDT_ENTRY_ESPFIX_SS * 8)
+#define GDT_ESPFIX_SS PER_CPU_VAR(gdt_page) + GDT_ESPFIX_OFFSET
 
 	ALTERNATIVE	"jmp .Lend_\@", "", X86_BUG_ESPFIX
 
@@ -1147,12 +1148,26 @@ ENDPROC(entry_INT80_32)
  * We can't call C functions using the ESPFIX stack. This code reads
  * the high word of the segment base from the GDT and swiches to the
  * normal stack and adjusts ESP with the matching offset.
+ *
+ * We might be on user CR3 here, so percpu data is not mapped and we can't
+ * access the GDT through the percpu segment.  Instead, use SGDT to find
+ * the cpu_entry_area alias of the GDT.
  */
 #ifdef CONFIG_X86_ESPFIX32
 	/* fixup the stack */
-	mov	GDT_ESPFIX_SS + 4, %al /* bits 16..23 */
-	mov	GDT_ESPFIX_SS + 7, %ah /* bits 24..31 */
+	pushl	%ecx
+	subl	$2*4, %esp
+	sgdt	(%esp)
+	movl	2(%esp), %ecx				/* GDT address */
+	/*
+	 * Careful: ECX is a linear pointer, so we need to force base
+	 * zero.  %cs is the only known-linear segment we have right now.
+	 */
+	mov	%cs:GDT_ESPFIX_OFFSET + 4(%ecx), %al	/* bits 16..23 */
+	mov	%cs:GDT_ESPFIX_OFFSET + 7(%ecx), %ah	/* bits 24..31 */
 	shl	$16, %eax
+	addl	$2*4, %esp
+	popl	%ecx
 	addl	%esp, %eax			/* the adjusted stack pointer */
 	pushl	$__KERNEL_DS
 	pushl	%eax