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diff --git a/arch/x86/entry/entry_32.S b/arch/x86/entry/entry_32.S
index 91397f58ac30..6e6af42e044a 100644
--- a/arch/x86/entry/entry_32.S
+++ b/arch/x86/entry/entry_32.S
@@ -720,26 +720,6 @@ SYM_CODE_END(__switch_to_asm)
.popsection
/*
- * The unwinder expects the last frame on the stack to always be at the same
- * offset from the end of the page, which allows it to validate the stack.
- * Calling schedule_tail() directly would break that convention because its an
- * asmlinkage function so its argument has to be pushed on the stack. This
- * wrapper creates a proper "end of stack" frame header before the call.
- */
-.pushsection .text, "ax"
-SYM_FUNC_START(schedule_tail_wrapper)
- FRAME_BEGIN
-
- pushl %eax
- call schedule_tail
- popl %eax
-
- FRAME_END
- RET
-SYM_FUNC_END(schedule_tail_wrapper)
-.popsection
-
-/*
* A newly forked process directly context switches into this address.
*
* eax: prev task we switched from
@@ -747,29 +727,22 @@ SYM_FUNC_END(schedule_tail_wrapper)
* edi: kernel thread arg
*/
.pushsection .text, "ax"
-SYM_CODE_START(ret_from_fork)
- call schedule_tail_wrapper
+SYM_CODE_START(ret_from_fork_asm)
+ movl %esp, %edx /* regs */
- testl %ebx, %ebx
- jnz 1f /* kernel threads are uncommon */
+ /* return address for the stack unwinder */
+ pushl $.Lsyscall_32_done
-2:
- /* When we fork, we trace the syscall return in the child, too. */
- movl %esp, %eax
- call syscall_exit_to_user_mode
- jmp .Lsyscall_32_done
+ FRAME_BEGIN
+ /* prev already in EAX */
+ movl %ebx, %ecx /* fn */
+ pushl %edi /* fn_arg */
+ call ret_from_fork
+ addl $4, %esp
+ FRAME_END
- /* kernel thread */
-1: movl %edi, %eax
- CALL_NOSPEC ebx
- /*
- * A kernel thread is allowed to return here after successfully
- * calling kernel_execve(). Exit to userspace to complete the execve()
- * syscall.
- */
- movl $0, PT_EAX(%esp)
- jmp 2b
-SYM_CODE_END(ret_from_fork)
+ RET
+SYM_CODE_END(ret_from_fork_asm)
.popsection
SYM_ENTRY(__begin_SYSENTER_singlestep_region, SYM_L_GLOBAL, SYM_A_NONE)