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diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/tboot.c b/arch/x86/kernel/tboot.c
index 91a4496db434..c77ab1f51fbe 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/tboot.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/tboot.c
@@ -140,6 +140,16 @@ static int map_tboot_page(unsigned long vaddr, unsigned long pfn,
return -1;
set_pte_at(&tboot_mm, vaddr, pte, pfn_pte(pfn, prot));
pte_unmap(pte);
+
+ /*
+ * PTI poisons low addresses in the kernel page tables in the
+ * name of making them unusable for userspace. To execute
+ * code at such a low address, the poison must be cleared.
+ *
+ * Note: 'pgd' actually gets set in pud_alloc().
+ */
+ pgd->pgd &= ~_PAGE_NX;
+
return 0;
}