diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/insn.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/insn.h
index 154f27be8bfc..a51ffeea6d87 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/insn.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/insn.h
@@ -195,6 +195,21 @@ static inline int insn_offset_immediate(struct insn *insn)
 	return insn_offset_displacement(insn) + insn->displacement.nbytes;
 }
 
+/**
+ * for_each_insn_prefix() -- Iterate prefixes in the instruction
+ * @insn: Pointer to struct insn.
+ * @idx:  Index storage.
+ * @prefix: Prefix byte.
+ *
+ * Iterate prefix bytes of given @insn. Each prefix byte is stored in @prefix
+ * and the index is stored in @idx (note that this @idx is just for a cursor,
+ * do not change it.)
+ * Since prefixes.nbytes can be bigger than 4 if some prefixes
+ * are repeated, it cannot be used for looping over the prefixes.
+ */
+#define for_each_insn_prefix(insn, idx, prefix)	\
+	for (idx = 0; idx < ARRAY_SIZE(insn->prefixes.bytes) && (prefix = insn->prefixes.bytes[idx]) != 0; idx++)
+
 #define POP_SS_OPCODE 0x1f
 #define MOV_SREG_OPCODE 0x8e
 
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/uprobes.c b/arch/x86/kernel/uprobes.c
index 8cd745ef8c7b..fae5b00cbccf 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/uprobes.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/uprobes.c
@@ -255,12 +255,13 @@ static volatile u32 good_2byte_insns[256 / 32] = {
 
 static bool is_prefix_bad(struct insn *insn)
 {
+	insn_byte_t p;
 	int i;
 
-	for (i = 0; i < insn->prefixes.nbytes; i++) {
+	for_each_insn_prefix(insn, i, p) {
 		insn_attr_t attr;
 
-		attr = inat_get_opcode_attribute(insn->prefixes.bytes[i]);
+		attr = inat_get_opcode_attribute(p);
 		switch (attr) {
 		case INAT_MAKE_PREFIX(INAT_PFX_ES):
 		case INAT_MAKE_PREFIX(INAT_PFX_CS):
@@ -715,6 +716,7 @@ static const struct uprobe_xol_ops push_xol_ops = {
 static int branch_setup_xol_ops(struct arch_uprobe *auprobe, struct insn *insn)
 {
 	u8 opc1 = OPCODE1(insn);
+	insn_byte_t p;
 	int i;
 
 	switch (opc1) {
@@ -746,8 +748,8 @@ static int branch_setup_xol_ops(struct arch_uprobe *auprobe, struct insn *insn)
 	 * Intel and AMD behavior differ in 64-bit mode: Intel ignores 66 prefix.
 	 * No one uses these insns, reject any branch insns with such prefix.
 	 */
-	for (i = 0; i < insn->prefixes.nbytes; i++) {
-		if (insn->prefixes.bytes[i] == 0x66)
+	for_each_insn_prefix(insn, i, p) {
+		if (p == 0x66)
 			return -ENOTSUPP;
 	}
 
diff --git a/tools/arch/x86/include/asm/insn.h b/tools/arch/x86/include/asm/insn.h
index 37a4c390750b..d7f0ae8f3c44 100644
--- a/tools/arch/x86/include/asm/insn.h
+++ b/tools/arch/x86/include/asm/insn.h
@@ -195,6 +195,21 @@ static inline int insn_offset_immediate(struct insn *insn)
 	return insn_offset_displacement(insn) + insn->displacement.nbytes;
 }
 
+/**
+ * for_each_insn_prefix() -- Iterate prefixes in the instruction
+ * @insn: Pointer to struct insn.
+ * @idx:  Index storage.
+ * @prefix: Prefix byte.
+ *
+ * Iterate prefix bytes of given @insn. Each prefix byte is stored in @prefix
+ * and the index is stored in @idx (note that this @idx is just for a cursor,
+ * do not change it.)
+ * Since prefixes.nbytes can be bigger than 4 if some prefixes
+ * are repeated, it cannot be used for looping over the prefixes.
+ */
+#define for_each_insn_prefix(insn, idx, prefix)	\
+	for (idx = 0; idx < ARRAY_SIZE(insn->prefixes.bytes) && (prefix = insn->prefixes.bytes[idx]) != 0; idx++)
+
 #define POP_SS_OPCODE 0x1f
 #define MOV_SREG_OPCODE 0x8e