diff --git a/arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S b/arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S
index 09896f1c114f..e09ba4bc8b98 100644
--- a/arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S
+++ b/arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S
@@ -853,7 +853,7 @@ ENTRY(switch_to_thread_stack)
 	ret
 END(switch_to_thread_stack)
 
-.macro idtentry sym do_sym has_error_code:req paranoid=0 shift_ist=-1
+.macro idtentry sym do_sym has_error_code:req paranoid=0 shift_ist=-1 create_gap=0
 ENTRY(\sym)
 	UNWIND_HINT_IRET_REGS offset=\has_error_code*8
 
@@ -873,6 +873,20 @@ ENTRY(\sym)
 	jnz	.Lfrom_usermode_switch_stack_\@
 	.endif
 
+	.if \create_gap == 1
+	/*
+	 * If coming from kernel space, create a 6-word gap to allow the
+	 * int3 handler to emulate a call instruction.
+	 */
+	testb	$3, CS-ORIG_RAX(%rsp)
+	jnz	.Lfrom_usermode_no_gap_\@
+	.rept	6
+	pushq	5*8(%rsp)
+	.endr
+	UNWIND_HINT_IRET_REGS offset=8
+.Lfrom_usermode_no_gap_\@:
+	.endif
+
 	.if \paranoid
 	call	paranoid_entry
 	.else
@@ -1093,7 +1107,7 @@ apicinterrupt3 HYPERVISOR_CALLBACK_VECTOR \
 #endif /* CONFIG_HYPERV */
 
 idtentry debug			do_debug		has_error_code=0	paranoid=1 shift_ist=DEBUG_STACK
-idtentry int3			do_int3			has_error_code=0
+idtentry int3			do_int3			has_error_code=0	create_gap=1
 idtentry stack_segment		do_stack_segment	has_error_code=1
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_XEN