1 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/irqflags.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/irqflags.h
index 2bdab21f089..c6ccbe7e81a 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/irqflags.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/irqflags.h
@@ -12,9 +12,15 @@ static inline unsigned long native_save_fl(void)
 {
         unsigned long flags;
 
+        /*
+         * Note: this needs to be "=r" not "=rm", because we have the
+         * stack offset from what gcc expects at the time the "pop" is
+         * executed, and so a memory reference with respect to the stack
+         * would end up using the wrong address.
+         */
         asm volatile("# __raw_save_flags\n\t"
                      "pushf ; pop %0"
-                     : "=g" (flags)
+                     : "=r" (flags)
                      : /* no input */
                      : "memory");