diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/hw_breakpoint.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/hw_breakpoint.h
index 528a11e8d3e3..824ca07860d0 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/hw_breakpoint.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/hw_breakpoint.h
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ struct arch_hw_breakpoint {
 #include <linux/list.h>
 
 /* Available HW breakpoint length encodings */
-#define X86_BREAKPOINT_LEN_X		0x00
+#define X86_BREAKPOINT_LEN_X		0x40
 #define X86_BREAKPOINT_LEN_1		0x40
 #define X86_BREAKPOINT_LEN_2		0x44
 #define X86_BREAKPOINT_LEN_4		0x4c
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/hw_breakpoint.c b/arch/x86/kernel/hw_breakpoint.c
index a474ec37c32f..ff15c9dcc25d 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/hw_breakpoint.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/hw_breakpoint.c
@@ -206,11 +206,27 @@ int arch_check_bp_in_kernelspace(struct perf_event *bp)
 int arch_bp_generic_fields(int x86_len, int x86_type,
 			   int *gen_len, int *gen_type)
 {
+	/* Type */
+	switch (x86_type) {
+	case X86_BREAKPOINT_EXECUTE:
+		if (x86_len != X86_BREAKPOINT_LEN_X)
+			return -EINVAL;
+
+		*gen_type = HW_BREAKPOINT_X;
+		*gen_len = sizeof(long);
+		return 0;
+	case X86_BREAKPOINT_WRITE:
+		*gen_type = HW_BREAKPOINT_W;
+		break;
+	case X86_BREAKPOINT_RW:
+		*gen_type = HW_BREAKPOINT_W | HW_BREAKPOINT_R;
+		break;
+	default:
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
 	/* Len */
 	switch (x86_len) {
-	case X86_BREAKPOINT_LEN_X:
-		*gen_len = sizeof(long);
-		break;
 	case X86_BREAKPOINT_LEN_1:
 		*gen_len = HW_BREAKPOINT_LEN_1;
 		break;
@@ -229,21 +245,6 @@ int arch_bp_generic_fields(int x86_len, int x86_type,
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
-	/* Type */
-	switch (x86_type) {
-	case X86_BREAKPOINT_EXECUTE:
-		*gen_type = HW_BREAKPOINT_X;
-		break;
-	case X86_BREAKPOINT_WRITE:
-		*gen_type = HW_BREAKPOINT_W;
-		break;
-	case X86_BREAKPOINT_RW:
-		*gen_type = HW_BREAKPOINT_W | HW_BREAKPOINT_R;
-		break;
-	default:
-		return -EINVAL;
-	}
-
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -316,9 +317,6 @@ int arch_validate_hwbkpt_settings(struct perf_event *bp)
 	ret = -EINVAL;
 
 	switch (info->len) {
-	case X86_BREAKPOINT_LEN_X:
-		align = sizeof(long) -1;
-		break;
 	case X86_BREAKPOINT_LEN_1:
 		align = 0;
 		break;