diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/uaccess.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/uaccess.h
index bcaf6fba1b65..55d0adbf6509 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/uaccess.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/uaccess.h
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 /*
  * User space memory access functions
  */
+#include <linux/bitops.h>
 #include <linux/kasan-checks.h>
 #include <linux/string.h>
 #include <linux/thread_info.h>
@@ -102,6 +103,13 @@ static inline void set_fs(mm_segment_t fs)
 	flag;								\
 })
 
+/*
+ * When dealing with data aborts or instruction traps we may end up with
+ * a tagged userland pointer. Clear the tag to get a sane pointer to pass
+ * on to access_ok(), for instance.
+ */
+#define untagged_addr(addr)		sign_extend64(addr, 55)
+
 #define access_ok(type, addr, size)	__range_ok(addr, size)
 #define user_addr_max			get_fs
 
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/traps.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/traps.c
index 5ff020f8fb7f..7255c9d6cfb7 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/traps.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/traps.c
@@ -434,18 +434,21 @@ void cpu_enable_cache_maint_trap(void *__unused)
 }
 
 #define __user_cache_maint(insn, address, res)			\
-	asm volatile (						\
-		"1:	" insn ", %1\n"				\
-		"	mov	%w0, #0\n"			\
-		"2:\n"						\
-		"	.pushsection .fixup,\"ax\"\n"		\
-		"	.align	2\n"				\
-		"3:	mov	%w0, %w2\n"			\
-		"	b	2b\n"				\
-		"	.popsection\n"				\
-		_ASM_EXTABLE(1b, 3b)				\
-		: "=r" (res)					\
-		: "r" (address), "i" (-EFAULT) )
+	if (untagged_addr(address) >= user_addr_max())		\
+		res = -EFAULT;					\
+	else							\
+		asm volatile (					\
+			"1:	" insn ", %1\n"			\
+			"	mov	%w0, #0\n"		\
+			"2:\n"					\
+			"	.pushsection .fixup,\"ax\"\n"	\
+			"	.align	2\n"			\
+			"3:	mov	%w0, %w2\n"		\
+			"	b	2b\n"			\
+			"	.popsection\n"			\
+			_ASM_EXTABLE(1b, 3b)			\
+			: "=r" (res)				\
+			: "r" (address), "i" (-EFAULT) )
 
 static void user_cache_maint_handler(unsigned int esr, struct pt_regs *regs)
 {