diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/sdei.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/sdei.c
index dab88260b137..7689f2031c0c 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/sdei.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/sdei.c
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ static __kprobes unsigned long _sdei_handler(struct pt_regs *regs,
 
 	/*
 	 * We didn't take an exception to get here, set PAN. UAO will be cleared
-	 * by sdei_event_handler()s set_fs(USER_DS) call.
+	 * by sdei_event_handler()s force_uaccess_begin() call.
 	 */
 	__uaccess_enable_hw_pan();
 
diff --git a/arch/m68k/include/asm/tlbflush.h b/arch/m68k/include/asm/tlbflush.h
index 191e75a6bb24..5337bc2c262f 100644
--- a/arch/m68k/include/asm/tlbflush.h
+++ b/arch/m68k/include/asm/tlbflush.h
@@ -85,10 +85,10 @@ static inline void flush_tlb_mm(struct mm_struct *mm)
 static inline void flush_tlb_page(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long addr)
 {
 	if (vma->vm_mm == current->active_mm) {
-		mm_segment_t old_fs = get_fs();
-		set_fs(USER_DS);
+		mm_segment_t old_fs = force_uaccess_begin();
+
 		__flush_tlb_one(addr);
-		set_fs(old_fs);
+		force_uaccess_end(old_fs);
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/unaligned.c b/arch/mips/kernel/unaligned.c
index 0adce604fa44..126a5f3f4e4c 100644
--- a/arch/mips/kernel/unaligned.c
+++ b/arch/mips/kernel/unaligned.c
@@ -191,17 +191,16 @@ static void emulate_load_store_insn(struct pt_regs *regs,
 			 * memory, so we need to "switch" the address limit to
 			 * user space, so that address check can work properly.
 			 */
-			seg = get_fs();
-			set_fs(USER_DS);
+			seg = force_uaccess_begin();
 			switch (insn.spec3_format.func) {
 			case lhe_op:
 				if (!access_ok(addr, 2)) {
-					set_fs(seg);
+					force_uaccess_end(seg);
 					goto sigbus;
 				}
 				LoadHWE(addr, value, res);
 				if (res) {
-					set_fs(seg);
+					force_uaccess_end(seg);
 					goto fault;
 				}
 				compute_return_epc(regs);
@@ -209,12 +208,12 @@ static void emulate_load_store_insn(struct pt_regs *regs,
 				break;
 			case lwe_op:
 				if (!access_ok(addr, 4)) {
-					set_fs(seg);
+					force_uaccess_end(seg);
 					goto sigbus;
 				}
 				LoadWE(addr, value, res);
 				if (res) {
-					set_fs(seg);
+					force_uaccess_end(seg);
 					goto fault;
 				}
 				compute_return_epc(regs);
@@ -222,12 +221,12 @@ static void emulate_load_store_insn(struct pt_regs *regs,
 				break;
 			case lhue_op:
 				if (!access_ok(addr, 2)) {
-					set_fs(seg);
+					force_uaccess_end(seg);
 					goto sigbus;
 				}
 				LoadHWUE(addr, value, res);
 				if (res) {
-					set_fs(seg);
+					force_uaccess_end(seg);
 					goto fault;
 				}
 				compute_return_epc(regs);
@@ -235,35 +234,35 @@ static void emulate_load_store_insn(struct pt_regs *regs,
 				break;
 			case she_op:
 				if (!access_ok(addr, 2)) {
-					set_fs(seg);
+					force_uaccess_end(seg);
 					goto sigbus;
 				}
 				compute_return_epc(regs);
 				value = regs->regs[insn.spec3_format.rt];
 				StoreHWE(addr, value, res);
 				if (res) {
-					set_fs(seg);
+					force_uaccess_end(seg);
 					goto fault;
 				}
 				break;
 			case swe_op:
 				if (!access_ok(addr, 4)) {
-					set_fs(seg);
+					force_uaccess_end(seg);
 					goto sigbus;
 				}
 				compute_return_epc(regs);
 				value = regs->regs[insn.spec3_format.rt];
 				StoreWE(addr, value, res);
 				if (res) {
-					set_fs(seg);
+					force_uaccess_end(seg);
 					goto fault;
 				}
 				break;
 			default:
-				set_fs(seg);
+				force_uaccess_end(seg);
 				goto sigill;
 			}
-			set_fs(seg);
+			force_uaccess_end(seg);
 		}
 #endif
 		break;
diff --git a/arch/nds32/mm/alignment.c b/arch/nds32/mm/alignment.c
index c8b9061a2ee3..1eb7ded6992b 100644
--- a/arch/nds32/mm/alignment.c
+++ b/arch/nds32/mm/alignment.c
@@ -512,7 +512,7 @@ int do_unaligned_access(unsigned long addr, struct pt_regs *regs)
 {
 	unsigned long inst;
 	int ret = -EFAULT;
-	mm_segment_t seg = get_fs();
+	mm_segment_t seg;
 
 	inst = get_inst(regs->ipc);
 
@@ -520,13 +520,12 @@ int do_unaligned_access(unsigned long addr, struct pt_regs *regs)
 	      "Faulting addr: 0x%08lx, pc: 0x%08lx [inst: 0x%08lx ]\n", addr,
 	      regs->ipc, inst);
 
-	set_fs(USER_DS);
-
+	seg = force_uaccess_begin();
 	if (inst & NDS32_16BIT_INSTRUCTION)
 		ret = do_16((inst >> 16) & 0xffff, regs);
 	else
 		ret = do_32(inst, regs);
-	set_fs(seg);
+	force_uaccess_end(seg);
 
 	return ret;
 }
diff --git a/arch/sh/kernel/traps_32.c b/arch/sh/kernel/traps_32.c
index 058c6181bb30..b62ad0ba2395 100644
--- a/arch/sh/kernel/traps_32.c
+++ b/arch/sh/kernel/traps_32.c
@@ -482,8 +482,6 @@ asmlinkage void do_address_error(struct pt_regs *regs,
 	error_code = lookup_exception_vector();
 #endif
 
-	oldfs = get_fs();
-
 	if (user_mode(regs)) {
 		int si_code = BUS_ADRERR;
 		unsigned int user_action;
@@ -491,13 +489,13 @@ asmlinkage void do_address_error(struct pt_regs *regs,
 		local_irq_enable();
 		inc_unaligned_user_access();
 
-		set_fs(USER_DS);
+		oldfs = force_uaccess_begin();
 		if (copy_from_user(&instruction, (insn_size_t *)(regs->pc & ~1),
 				   sizeof(instruction))) {
-			set_fs(oldfs);
+			force_uaccess_end(oldfs);
 			goto uspace_segv;
 		}
-		set_fs(oldfs);
+		force_uaccess_end(oldfs);
 
 		/* shout about userspace fixups */
 		unaligned_fixups_notify(current, instruction, regs);
@@ -520,11 +518,11 @@ asmlinkage void do_address_error(struct pt_regs *regs,
 			goto uspace_segv;
 		}
 
-		set_fs(USER_DS);
+		oldfs = force_uaccess_begin();
 		tmp = handle_unaligned_access(instruction, regs,
 					      &user_mem_access, 0,
 					      address);
-		set_fs(oldfs);
+		force_uaccess_end(oldfs);
 
 		if (tmp == 0)
 			return; /* sorted */
diff --git a/drivers/firmware/arm_sdei.c b/drivers/firmware/arm_sdei.c
index e7e36aab2386..b4b9ce97f415 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/arm_sdei.c
+++ b/drivers/firmware/arm_sdei.c
@@ -1136,15 +1136,14 @@ int sdei_event_handler(struct pt_regs *regs,
 	 * access kernel memory.
 	 * Do the same here because this doesn't come via the same entry code.
 	*/
-	orig_addr_limit = get_fs();
-	set_fs(USER_DS);
+	orig_addr_limit = force_uaccess_begin();
 
 	err = arg->callback(event_num, regs, arg->callback_arg);
 	if (err)
 		pr_err_ratelimited("event %u on CPU %u failed with error: %d\n",
 				   event_num, smp_processor_id(), err);
 
-	set_fs(orig_addr_limit);
+	force_uaccess_end(orig_addr_limit);
 
 	return err;
 }
diff --git a/include/linux/uaccess.h b/include/linux/uaccess.h
index 5c62d0c6f15b..94b285411659 100644
--- a/include/linux/uaccess.h
+++ b/include/linux/uaccess.h
@@ -8,6 +8,24 @@
 
 #include <asm/uaccess.h>
 
+/*
+ * Force the uaccess routines to be wired up for actual userspace access,
+ * overriding any possible set_fs(KERNEL_DS) still lingering around.  Undone
+ * using force_uaccess_end below.
+ */
+static inline mm_segment_t force_uaccess_begin(void)
+{
+	mm_segment_t fs = get_fs();
+
+	set_fs(USER_DS);
+	return fs;
+}
+
+static inline void force_uaccess_end(mm_segment_t oldfs)
+{
+	set_fs(oldfs);
+}
+
 /*
  * Architectures should provide two primitives (raw_copy_{to,from}_user())
  * and get rid of their private instances of copy_{to,from}_user() and
diff --git a/kernel/events/callchain.c b/kernel/events/callchain.c
index c6ce894e4ce9..58cbe357fb2b 100644
--- a/kernel/events/callchain.c
+++ b/kernel/events/callchain.c
@@ -217,10 +217,9 @@ get_perf_callchain(struct pt_regs *regs, u32 init_nr, bool kernel, bool user,
 			if (add_mark)
 				perf_callchain_store_context(&ctx, PERF_CONTEXT_USER);
 
-			fs = get_fs();
-			set_fs(USER_DS);
+			fs = force_uaccess_begin();
 			perf_callchain_user(&ctx, regs);
-			set_fs(fs);
+			force_uaccess_end(fs);
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/kernel/events/core.c b/kernel/events/core.c
index d1f0a7e5b182..6961333ebad5 100644
--- a/kernel/events/core.c
+++ b/kernel/events/core.c
@@ -6453,10 +6453,9 @@ perf_output_sample_ustack(struct perf_output_handle *handle, u64 dump_size,
 
 		/* Data. */
 		sp = perf_user_stack_pointer(regs);
-		fs = get_fs();
-		set_fs(USER_DS);
+		fs = force_uaccess_begin();
 		rem = __output_copy_user(handle, (void *) sp, dump_size);
-		set_fs(fs);
+		force_uaccess_end(fs);
 		dyn_size = dump_size - rem;
 
 		perf_output_skip(handle, rem);
diff --git a/kernel/kthread.c b/kernel/kthread.c
index b2807e7be772..3edaa380dc7b 100644
--- a/kernel/kthread.c
+++ b/kernel/kthread.c
@@ -1258,8 +1258,7 @@ void kthread_use_mm(struct mm_struct *mm)
 	if (active_mm != mm)
 		mmdrop(active_mm);
 
-	to_kthread(tsk)->oldfs = get_fs();
-	set_fs(USER_DS);
+	to_kthread(tsk)->oldfs = force_uaccess_begin();
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kthread_use_mm);
 
@@ -1274,7 +1273,7 @@ void kthread_unuse_mm(struct mm_struct *mm)
 	WARN_ON_ONCE(!(tsk->flags & PF_KTHREAD));
 	WARN_ON_ONCE(!tsk->mm);
 
-	set_fs(to_kthread(tsk)->oldfs);
+	force_uaccess_end(to_kthread(tsk)->oldfs);
 
 	task_lock(tsk);
 	sync_mm_rss(mm);
diff --git a/kernel/stacktrace.c b/kernel/stacktrace.c
index 2af66e449aa6..946f44a9e86a 100644
--- a/kernel/stacktrace.c
+++ b/kernel/stacktrace.c
@@ -233,10 +233,9 @@ unsigned int stack_trace_save_user(unsigned long *store, unsigned int size)
 	if (current->flags & PF_KTHREAD)
 		return 0;
 
-	fs = get_fs();
-	set_fs(USER_DS);
+	fs = force_uaccess_begin();
 	arch_stack_walk_user(consume_entry, &c, task_pt_regs(current));
-	set_fs(fs);
+	force_uaccess_end(fs);
 
 	return c.len;
 }
diff --git a/mm/maccess.c b/mm/maccess.c
index f98ff91e32c6..3bd70405f2d8 100644
--- a/mm/maccess.c
+++ b/mm/maccess.c
@@ -205,15 +205,14 @@ long strncpy_from_kernel_nofault(char *dst, const void *unsafe_addr, long count)
 long copy_from_user_nofault(void *dst, const void __user *src, size_t size)
 {
 	long ret = -EFAULT;
-	mm_segment_t old_fs = get_fs();
+	mm_segment_t old_fs = force_uaccess_begin();
 
-	set_fs(USER_DS);
 	if (access_ok(src, size)) {
 		pagefault_disable();
 		ret = __copy_from_user_inatomic(dst, src, size);
 		pagefault_enable();
 	}
-	set_fs(old_fs);
+	force_uaccess_end(old_fs);
 
 	if (ret)
 		return -EFAULT;
@@ -233,15 +232,14 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(copy_from_user_nofault);
 long copy_to_user_nofault(void __user *dst, const void *src, size_t size)
 {
 	long ret = -EFAULT;
-	mm_segment_t old_fs = get_fs();
+	mm_segment_t old_fs = force_uaccess_begin();
 
-	set_fs(USER_DS);
 	if (access_ok(dst, size)) {
 		pagefault_disable();
 		ret = __copy_to_user_inatomic(dst, src, size);
 		pagefault_enable();
 	}
-	set_fs(old_fs);
+	force_uaccess_end(old_fs);
 
 	if (ret)
 		return -EFAULT;
@@ -270,17 +268,17 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(copy_to_user_nofault);
 long strncpy_from_user_nofault(char *dst, const void __user *unsafe_addr,
 			      long count)
 {
-	mm_segment_t old_fs = get_fs();
+	mm_segment_t old_fs;
 	long ret;
 
 	if (unlikely(count <= 0))
 		return 0;
 
-	set_fs(USER_DS);
+	old_fs = force_uaccess_begin();
 	pagefault_disable();
 	ret = strncpy_from_user(dst, unsafe_addr, count);
 	pagefault_enable();
-	set_fs(old_fs);
+	force_uaccess_end(old_fs);
 
 	if (ret >= count) {
 		ret = count;
@@ -310,14 +308,14 @@ long strncpy_from_user_nofault(char *dst, const void __user *unsafe_addr,
  */
 long strnlen_user_nofault(const void __user *unsafe_addr, long count)
 {
-	mm_segment_t old_fs = get_fs();
+	mm_segment_t old_fs;
 	int ret;
 
-	set_fs(USER_DS);
+	old_fs = force_uaccess_begin();
 	pagefault_disable();
 	ret = strnlen_user(unsafe_addr, count);
 	pagefault_enable();
-	set_fs(old_fs);
+	force_uaccess_end(old_fs);
 
 	return ret;
 }