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diff --git a/arch/x86/entry/calling.h b/arch/x86/entry/calling.h
index 3f48f695d5e6..f4b129d4af42 100644
--- a/arch/x86/entry/calling.h
+++ b/arch/x86/entry/calling.h
@@ -147,6 +147,25 @@ For 32-bit we have the following conventions - kernel is built with
UNWIND_HINT_REGS offset=\offset
.endm
+ /*
+ * Sanitize registers of values that a speculation attack
+ * might otherwise want to exploit. The lower registers are
+ * likely clobbered well before they could be put to use in
+ * a speculative execution gadget:
+ */
+ .macro CLEAR_REGS_NOSPEC
+ xorl %ebp, %ebp
+ xorl %ebx, %ebx
+ xorq %r8, %r8
+ xorq %r9, %r9
+ xorq %r10, %r10
+ xorq %r11, %r11
+ xorq %r12, %r12
+ xorq %r13, %r13
+ xorq %r14, %r14
+ xorq %r15, %r15
+ .endm
+
.macro POP_EXTRA_REGS
popq %r15
popq %r14