diff --git a/Documentation/arch/x86/shstk.rst b/Documentation/arch/x86/shstk.rst
index f09afa504ec0d15f3bee5959f6eeac9002941c2d..f3553cc8c758bad9175d8ef690c021fee736e850 100644
--- a/Documentation/arch/x86/shstk.rst
+++ b/Documentation/arch/x86/shstk.rst
@@ -75,6 +75,10 @@ arch_prctl(ARCH_SHSTK_LOCK, unsigned long features)
     are ignored. The mask is ORed with the existing value. So any feature bits
     set here cannot be enabled or disabled afterwards.
 
+arch_prctl(ARCH_SHSTK_UNLOCK, unsigned long features)
+    Unlock features. 'features' is a mask of all features to unlock. All
+    bits set are processed, unset bits are ignored. Only works via ptrace.
+
 The return values are as follows. On success, return 0. On error, errno can
 be::
 
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/prctl.h b/arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/prctl.h
index eedfde3b63be19725e2ce86552aff61b761f6a6e..3189c4a96468a3c67447fe73269d620f7408421b 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/prctl.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/prctl.h
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
 #define ARCH_SHSTK_ENABLE		0x5001
 #define ARCH_SHSTK_DISABLE		0x5002
 #define ARCH_SHSTK_LOCK			0x5003
+#define ARCH_SHSTK_UNLOCK		0x5004
 
 /* ARCH_SHSTK_ features bits */
 #define ARCH_SHSTK_SHSTK		(1ULL <<  0)
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/process_64.c b/arch/x86/kernel/process_64.c
index 0f89aa0186d1e9c844cb71553c8674673bc21ae3..e6db21c470aa3a0c44f3c6135899ac9e2255671f 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/process_64.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/process_64.c
@@ -899,6 +899,7 @@ long do_arch_prctl_64(struct task_struct *task, int option, unsigned long arg2)
 	case ARCH_SHSTK_ENABLE:
 	case ARCH_SHSTK_DISABLE:
 	case ARCH_SHSTK_LOCK:
+	case ARCH_SHSTK_UNLOCK:
 		return shstk_prctl(task, option, arg2);
 	default:
 		ret = -EINVAL;
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/shstk.c b/arch/x86/kernel/shstk.c
index d723cdc934749827775f5756cbe39cd2b7737240..d43b7a9c57ced004b9ea92af69ebd589a3a245cb 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/shstk.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/shstk.c
@@ -489,9 +489,14 @@ long shstk_prctl(struct task_struct *task, int option, unsigned long features)
 		return 0;
 	}
 
-	/* Don't allow via ptrace */
-	if (task != current)
+	/* Only allow via ptrace */
+	if (task != current) {
+		if (option == ARCH_SHSTK_UNLOCK && IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_CHECKPOINT_RESTORE)) {
+			task->thread.features_locked &= ~features;
+			return 0;
+		}
 		return -EINVAL;
+	}
 
 	/* Do not allow to change locked features */
 	if (features & task->thread.features_locked)