diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/mmu.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/mmu.h
index 9ea26f167497..5ff3e8af2c20 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/mmu.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/mmu.h
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 #define _ASM_X86_MMU_H
 
 #include <linux/spinlock.h>
+#include <linux/rwsem.h>
 #include <linux/mutex.h>
 #include <linux/atomic.h>
 
@@ -27,7 +28,8 @@ typedef struct {
 	atomic64_t tlb_gen;
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_MODIFY_LDT_SYSCALL
-	struct ldt_struct *ldt;
+	struct rw_semaphore	ldt_usr_sem;
+	struct ldt_struct	*ldt;
 #endif
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/mmu_context.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/mmu_context.h
index c76162439c8a..4fdbe5efe535 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/mmu_context.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/mmu_context.h
@@ -132,6 +132,8 @@ void enter_lazy_tlb(struct mm_struct *mm, struct task_struct *tsk);
 static inline int init_new_context(struct task_struct *tsk,
 				   struct mm_struct *mm)
 {
+	mutex_init(&mm->context.lock);
+
 	mm->context.ctx_id = atomic64_inc_return(&last_mm_ctx_id);
 	atomic64_set(&mm->context.tlb_gen, 0);
 
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/ldt.c b/arch/x86/kernel/ldt.c
index 1c1eae961340..1600aebc1ec7 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/ldt.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/ldt.c
@@ -5,6 +5,11 @@
  * Copyright (C) 2002 Andi Kleen
  *
  * This handles calls from both 32bit and 64bit mode.
+ *
+ * Lock order:
+ *	contex.ldt_usr_sem
+ *	  mmap_sem
+ *	    context.lock
  */
 
 #include <linux/errno.h>
@@ -42,7 +47,7 @@ static void refresh_ldt_segments(void)
 #endif
 }
 
-/* context.lock is held for us, so we don't need any locking. */
+/* context.lock is held by the task which issued the smp function call */
 static void flush_ldt(void *__mm)
 {
 	struct mm_struct *mm = __mm;
@@ -99,15 +104,17 @@ static void finalize_ldt_struct(struct ldt_struct *ldt)
 	paravirt_alloc_ldt(ldt->entries, ldt->nr_entries);
 }
 
-/* context.lock is held */
-static void install_ldt(struct mm_struct *current_mm,
-			struct ldt_struct *ldt)
+static void install_ldt(struct mm_struct *mm, struct ldt_struct *ldt)
 {
-	/* Synchronizes with READ_ONCE in load_mm_ldt. */
-	smp_store_release(&current_mm->context.ldt, ldt);
+	mutex_lock(&mm->context.lock);
 
-	/* Activate the LDT for all CPUs using current_mm. */
-	on_each_cpu_mask(mm_cpumask(current_mm), flush_ldt, current_mm, true);
+	/* Synchronizes with READ_ONCE in load_mm_ldt. */
+	smp_store_release(&mm->context.ldt, ldt);
+
+	/* Activate the LDT for all CPUs using currents mm. */
+	on_each_cpu_mask(mm_cpumask(mm), flush_ldt, mm, true);
+
+	mutex_unlock(&mm->context.lock);
 }
 
 static void free_ldt_struct(struct ldt_struct *ldt)
@@ -133,7 +140,8 @@ int init_new_context_ldt(struct task_struct *tsk, struct mm_struct *mm)
 	struct mm_struct *old_mm;
 	int retval = 0;
 
-	mutex_init(&mm->context.lock);
+	init_rwsem(&mm->context.ldt_usr_sem);
+
 	old_mm = current->mm;
 	if (!old_mm) {
 		mm->context.ldt = NULL;
@@ -180,7 +188,7 @@ static int read_ldt(void __user *ptr, unsigned long bytecount)
 	unsigned long entries_size;
 	int retval;
 
-	mutex_lock(&mm->context.lock);
+	down_read(&mm->context.ldt_usr_sem);
 
 	if (!mm->context.ldt) {
 		retval = 0;
@@ -209,7 +217,7 @@ static int read_ldt(void __user *ptr, unsigned long bytecount)
 	retval = bytecount;
 
 out_unlock:
-	mutex_unlock(&mm->context.lock);
+	up_read(&mm->context.ldt_usr_sem);
 	return retval;
 }
 
@@ -269,7 +277,8 @@ static int write_ldt(void __user *ptr, unsigned long bytecount, int oldmode)
 			ldt.avl = 0;
 	}
 
-	mutex_lock(&mm->context.lock);
+	if (down_write_killable(&mm->context.ldt_usr_sem))
+		return -EINTR;
 
 	old_ldt       = mm->context.ldt;
 	old_nr_entries = old_ldt ? old_ldt->nr_entries : 0;
@@ -291,7 +300,7 @@ static int write_ldt(void __user *ptr, unsigned long bytecount, int oldmode)
 	error = 0;
 
 out_unlock:
-	mutex_unlock(&mm->context.lock);
+	up_write(&mm->context.ldt_usr_sem);
 out:
 	return error;
 }