diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/hw_breakpoint.c b/arch/x86/kernel/hw_breakpoint.c
index 7114ba220fd4..78f3e90c5659 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/hw_breakpoint.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/hw_breakpoint.c
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 #include <linux/irqflags.h>
 #include <linux/notifier.h>
 #include <linux/kallsyms.h>
+#include <linux/kprobes.h>
 #include <linux/percpu.h>
 #include <linux/kdebug.h>
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
@@ -243,6 +244,20 @@ static int arch_build_bp_info(struct perf_event *bp)
 		info->type = X86_BREAKPOINT_RW;
 		break;
 	case HW_BREAKPOINT_X:
+		/*
+		 * We don't allow kernel breakpoints in places that are not
+		 * acceptable for kprobes.  On non-kprobes kernels, we don't
+		 * allow kernel breakpoints at all.
+		 */
+		if (bp->attr.bp_addr >= TASK_SIZE_MAX) {
+#ifdef CONFIG_KPROBES
+			if (within_kprobe_blacklist(bp->attr.bp_addr))
+				return -EINVAL;
+#else
+			return -EINVAL;
+#endif
+		}
+
 		info->type = X86_BREAKPOINT_EXECUTE;
 		/*
 		 * x86 inst breakpoints need to have a specific undefined len.
diff --git a/include/linux/kprobes.h b/include/linux/kprobes.h
index 1ab54754a86d..8f6849084248 100644
--- a/include/linux/kprobes.h
+++ b/include/linux/kprobes.h
@@ -267,6 +267,8 @@ extern void show_registers(struct pt_regs *regs);
 extern void kprobes_inc_nmissed_count(struct kprobe *p);
 extern bool arch_within_kprobe_blacklist(unsigned long addr);
 
+extern bool within_kprobe_blacklist(unsigned long addr);
+
 struct kprobe_insn_cache {
 	struct mutex mutex;
 	void *(*alloc)(void);	/* allocate insn page */
diff --git a/kernel/kprobes.c b/kernel/kprobes.c
index c90e417bb963..d10ab6b9b5e0 100644
--- a/kernel/kprobes.c
+++ b/kernel/kprobes.c
@@ -1332,7 +1332,7 @@ bool __weak arch_within_kprobe_blacklist(unsigned long addr)
 	       addr < (unsigned long)__kprobes_text_end;
 }
 
-static bool within_kprobe_blacklist(unsigned long addr)
+bool within_kprobe_blacklist(unsigned long addr)
 {
 	struct kprobe_blacklist_entry *ent;