diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
index 741d064fdc6acac7357b1f5831a041764146d39e..e8f7faaa457164e8093a9541dac758b971054af7 100644
--- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -1834,7 +1834,7 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.
 			enabling legacy floating-point and sse state.
 
 	eagerfpu=	[X86]
-			on	enable eager fpu restore
+			on	enable eager fpu restore (default for xsaveopt)
 			off	disable eager fpu restore
 
 	nohlt		[BUGS=ARM,SH] Tells the kernel that the sleep(SH) or
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeature.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeature.h
index 5dd2b473ccffdfba3a7e9d8794a496a6be05311a..0debdb5184402f505c6f0df6420250b37fa73774 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeature.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeature.h
@@ -300,6 +300,7 @@ extern const char * const x86_power_flags[32];
 #define cpu_has_xmm4_2		boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_XMM4_2)
 #define cpu_has_x2apic		boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_X2APIC)
 #define cpu_has_xsave		boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_XSAVE)
+#define cpu_has_xsaveopt	boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_XSAVEOPT)
 #define cpu_has_osxsave		boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_OSXSAVE)
 #define cpu_has_hypervisor	boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_HYPERVISOR)
 #define cpu_has_pclmulqdq	boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_PCLMULQDQ)
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/xsave.c b/arch/x86/kernel/xsave.c
index c0afd2c43761629c4c8ccccee292d996de3de4e7..e99f75439f6d570ce4d4879c12ade3490afdc947 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/xsave.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/xsave.c
@@ -557,6 +557,9 @@ static void __init xstate_enable_boot_cpu(void)
 	prepare_fx_sw_frame();
 	setup_init_fpu_buf();
 
+	if (cpu_has_xsaveopt && !disable_eagerfpu)
+		setup_force_cpu_cap(X86_FEATURE_EAGER_FPU);
+
 	pr_info("enabled xstate_bv 0x%llx, cntxt size 0x%x\n",
 		pcntxt_mask, xstate_size);
 }