diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/xor_32.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/xor_32.h
index 454570891bdcf635f325d71ef0044ffcaeccb56f..aabd5850bdb9e719f4904547a6303aa75d45b9a3 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/xor_32.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/xor_32.h
@@ -534,38 +534,6 @@ static struct xor_block_template xor_block_p5_mmx = {
  * Copyright (C) 1999 Zach Brown (with obvious credit due Ingo)
  */
 
-#define XMMS_SAVE				\
-do {						\
-	preempt_disable();			\
-	cr0 = read_cr0();			\
-	clts();					\
-	asm volatile(				\
-		"movups %%xmm0,(%0)	;\n\t"	\
-		"movups %%xmm1,0x10(%0)	;\n\t"	\
-		"movups %%xmm2,0x20(%0)	;\n\t"	\
-		"movups %%xmm3,0x30(%0)	;\n\t"	\
-		:				\
-		: "r" (xmm_save) 		\
-		: "memory");			\
-} while (0)
-
-#define XMMS_RESTORE				\
-do {						\
-	asm volatile(				\
-		"sfence			;\n\t"	\
-		"movups (%0),%%xmm0	;\n\t"	\
-		"movups 0x10(%0),%%xmm1	;\n\t"	\
-		"movups 0x20(%0),%%xmm2	;\n\t"	\
-		"movups 0x30(%0),%%xmm3	;\n\t"	\
-		:				\
-		: "r" (xmm_save)		\
-		: "memory");			\
-	write_cr0(cr0);				\
-	preempt_enable();			\
-} while (0)
-
-#define ALIGN16 __attribute__((aligned(16)))
-
 #define OFFS(x)		"16*("#x")"
 #define PF_OFFS(x)	"256+16*("#x")"
 #define	PF0(x)		"	prefetchnta "PF_OFFS(x)"(%1)		;\n"
@@ -587,10 +555,8 @@ static void
 xor_sse_2(unsigned long bytes, unsigned long *p1, unsigned long *p2)
 {
 	unsigned long lines = bytes >> 8;
-	char xmm_save[16*4] ALIGN16;
-	int cr0;
 
-	XMMS_SAVE;
+	kernel_fpu_begin();
 
 	asm volatile(
 #undef BLOCK
@@ -633,7 +599,7 @@ xor_sse_2(unsigned long bytes, unsigned long *p1, unsigned long *p2)
 	:
 	: "memory");
 
-	XMMS_RESTORE;
+	kernel_fpu_end();
 }
 
 static void
@@ -641,10 +607,8 @@ xor_sse_3(unsigned long bytes, unsigned long *p1, unsigned long *p2,
 	  unsigned long *p3)
 {
 	unsigned long lines = bytes >> 8;
-	char xmm_save[16*4] ALIGN16;
-	int cr0;
 
-	XMMS_SAVE;
+	kernel_fpu_begin();
 
 	asm volatile(
 #undef BLOCK
@@ -694,7 +658,7 @@ xor_sse_3(unsigned long bytes, unsigned long *p1, unsigned long *p2,
 	:
 	: "memory" );
 
-	XMMS_RESTORE;
+	kernel_fpu_end();
 }
 
 static void
@@ -702,10 +666,8 @@ xor_sse_4(unsigned long bytes, unsigned long *p1, unsigned long *p2,
 	  unsigned long *p3, unsigned long *p4)
 {
 	unsigned long lines = bytes >> 8;
-	char xmm_save[16*4] ALIGN16;
-	int cr0;
 
-	XMMS_SAVE;
+	kernel_fpu_begin();
 
 	asm volatile(
 #undef BLOCK
@@ -762,7 +724,7 @@ xor_sse_4(unsigned long bytes, unsigned long *p1, unsigned long *p2,
 	:
 	: "memory" );
 
-	XMMS_RESTORE;
+	kernel_fpu_end();
 }
 
 static void
@@ -770,10 +732,8 @@ xor_sse_5(unsigned long bytes, unsigned long *p1, unsigned long *p2,
 	  unsigned long *p3, unsigned long *p4, unsigned long *p5)
 {
 	unsigned long lines = bytes >> 8;
-	char xmm_save[16*4] ALIGN16;
-	int cr0;
 
-	XMMS_SAVE;
+	kernel_fpu_begin();
 
 	/* Make sure GCC forgets anything it knows about p4 or p5,
 	   such that it won't pass to the asm volatile below a
@@ -850,7 +810,7 @@ xor_sse_5(unsigned long bytes, unsigned long *p1, unsigned long *p2,
 	   like assuming they have some legal value.  */
 	asm("" : "=r" (p4), "=r" (p5));
 
-	XMMS_RESTORE;
+	kernel_fpu_end();
 }
 
 static struct xor_block_template xor_block_pIII_sse = {
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/xor_64.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/xor_64.h
index b9b2323e90fee8fc760c770f98a7a33d421da25c..5fc06d0b7eb5eacac436488f2c1d3685f86ae562 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/xor_64.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/xor_64.h
@@ -34,41 +34,7 @@
  * no advantages to be gotten from x86-64 here anyways.
  */
 
-typedef struct {
-	unsigned long a, b;
-} __attribute__((aligned(16))) xmm_store_t;
-
-/* Doesn't use gcc to save the XMM registers, because there is no easy way to
-   tell it to do a clts before the register saving. */
-#define XMMS_SAVE				\
-do {						\
-	preempt_disable();			\
-	asm volatile(				\
-		"movq %%cr0,%0		;\n\t"	\
-		"clts			;\n\t"	\
-		"movups %%xmm0,(%1)	;\n\t"	\
-		"movups %%xmm1,0x10(%1)	;\n\t"	\
-		"movups %%xmm2,0x20(%1)	;\n\t"	\
-		"movups %%xmm3,0x30(%1)	;\n\t"	\
-		: "=&r" (cr0)			\
-		: "r" (xmm_save) 		\
-		: "memory");			\
-} while (0)
-
-#define XMMS_RESTORE				\
-do {						\
-	asm volatile(				\
-		"sfence			;\n\t"	\
-		"movups (%1),%%xmm0	;\n\t"	\
-		"movups 0x10(%1),%%xmm1	;\n\t"	\
-		"movups 0x20(%1),%%xmm2	;\n\t"	\
-		"movups 0x30(%1),%%xmm3	;\n\t"	\
-		"movq 	%0,%%cr0	;\n\t"	\
-		:				\
-		: "r" (cr0), "r" (xmm_save)	\
-		: "memory");			\
-	preempt_enable();			\
-} while (0)
+#include <asm/i387.h>
 
 #define OFFS(x)		"16*("#x")"
 #define PF_OFFS(x)	"256+16*("#x")"
@@ -91,10 +57,8 @@ static void
 xor_sse_2(unsigned long bytes, unsigned long *p1, unsigned long *p2)
 {
 	unsigned int lines = bytes >> 8;
-	unsigned long cr0;
-	xmm_store_t xmm_save[4];
 
-	XMMS_SAVE;
+	kernel_fpu_begin();
 
 	asm volatile(
 #undef BLOCK
@@ -135,7 +99,7 @@ xor_sse_2(unsigned long bytes, unsigned long *p1, unsigned long *p2)
 	: [inc] "r" (256UL)
 	: "memory");
 
-	XMMS_RESTORE;
+	kernel_fpu_end();
 }
 
 static void
@@ -143,11 +107,8 @@ xor_sse_3(unsigned long bytes, unsigned long *p1, unsigned long *p2,
 	  unsigned long *p3)
 {
 	unsigned int lines = bytes >> 8;
-	xmm_store_t xmm_save[4];
-	unsigned long cr0;
-
-	XMMS_SAVE;
 
+	kernel_fpu_begin();
 	asm volatile(
 #undef BLOCK
 #define BLOCK(i) \
@@ -194,7 +155,7 @@ xor_sse_3(unsigned long bytes, unsigned long *p1, unsigned long *p2,
 	  [p1] "+r" (p1), [p2] "+r" (p2), [p3] "+r" (p3)
 	: [inc] "r" (256UL)
 	: "memory");
-	XMMS_RESTORE;
+	kernel_fpu_end();
 }
 
 static void
@@ -202,10 +163,8 @@ xor_sse_4(unsigned long bytes, unsigned long *p1, unsigned long *p2,
 	  unsigned long *p3, unsigned long *p4)
 {
 	unsigned int lines = bytes >> 8;
-	xmm_store_t xmm_save[4];
-	unsigned long cr0;
 
-	XMMS_SAVE;
+	kernel_fpu_begin();
 
 	asm volatile(
 #undef BLOCK
@@ -261,7 +220,7 @@ xor_sse_4(unsigned long bytes, unsigned long *p1, unsigned long *p2,
 	: [inc] "r" (256UL)
 	: "memory" );
 
-	XMMS_RESTORE;
+	kernel_fpu_end();
 }
 
 static void
@@ -269,10 +228,8 @@ xor_sse_5(unsigned long bytes, unsigned long *p1, unsigned long *p2,
 	  unsigned long *p3, unsigned long *p4, unsigned long *p5)
 {
 	unsigned int lines = bytes >> 8;
-	xmm_store_t xmm_save[4];
-	unsigned long cr0;
 
-	XMMS_SAVE;
+	kernel_fpu_begin();
 
 	asm volatile(
 #undef BLOCK
@@ -336,7 +293,7 @@ xor_sse_5(unsigned long bytes, unsigned long *p1, unsigned long *p2,
 	: [inc] "r" (256UL)
 	: "memory");
 
-	XMMS_RESTORE;
+	kernel_fpu_end();
 }
 
 static struct xor_block_template xor_block_sse = {
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/xor_avx.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/xor_avx.h
index 2510d35f480e1c07c079b9bcea8f513cfdf967bd..7ea79c5fa1f217ff3c8aaf0afba935411fe61c6e 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/xor_avx.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/xor_avx.h
@@ -20,32 +20,6 @@
 #include <linux/compiler.h>
 #include <asm/i387.h>
 
-#define ALIGN32 __aligned(32)
-
-#define YMM_SAVED_REGS 4
-
-#define YMMS_SAVE \
-do { \
-	preempt_disable(); \
-	cr0 = read_cr0(); \
-	clts(); \
-	asm volatile("vmovaps %%ymm0, %0" : "=m" (ymm_save[0]) : : "memory"); \
-	asm volatile("vmovaps %%ymm1, %0" : "=m" (ymm_save[32]) : : "memory"); \
-	asm volatile("vmovaps %%ymm2, %0" : "=m" (ymm_save[64]) : : "memory"); \
-	asm volatile("vmovaps %%ymm3, %0" : "=m" (ymm_save[96]) : : "memory"); \
-} while (0);
-
-#define YMMS_RESTORE \
-do { \
-	asm volatile("sfence" : : : "memory"); \
-	asm volatile("vmovaps %0, %%ymm3" : : "m" (ymm_save[96])); \
-	asm volatile("vmovaps %0, %%ymm2" : : "m" (ymm_save[64])); \
-	asm volatile("vmovaps %0, %%ymm1" : : "m" (ymm_save[32])); \
-	asm volatile("vmovaps %0, %%ymm0" : : "m" (ymm_save[0])); \
-	write_cr0(cr0); \
-	preempt_enable(); \
-} while (0);
-
 #define BLOCK4(i) \
 		BLOCK(32 * i, 0) \
 		BLOCK(32 * (i + 1), 1) \
@@ -60,10 +34,9 @@ do { \
 
 static void xor_avx_2(unsigned long bytes, unsigned long *p0, unsigned long *p1)
 {
-	unsigned long cr0, lines = bytes >> 9;
-	char ymm_save[32 * YMM_SAVED_REGS] ALIGN32;
+	unsigned long lines = bytes >> 9;
 
-	YMMS_SAVE
+	kernel_fpu_begin();
 
 	while (lines--) {
 #undef BLOCK
@@ -82,16 +55,15 @@ do { \
 		p1 = (unsigned long *)((uintptr_t)p1 + 512);
 	}
 
-	YMMS_RESTORE
+	kernel_fpu_end();
 }
 
 static void xor_avx_3(unsigned long bytes, unsigned long *p0, unsigned long *p1,
 	unsigned long *p2)
 {
-	unsigned long cr0, lines = bytes >> 9;
-	char ymm_save[32 * YMM_SAVED_REGS] ALIGN32;
+	unsigned long lines = bytes >> 9;
 
-	YMMS_SAVE
+	kernel_fpu_begin();
 
 	while (lines--) {
 #undef BLOCK
@@ -113,16 +85,15 @@ do { \
 		p2 = (unsigned long *)((uintptr_t)p2 + 512);
 	}
 
-	YMMS_RESTORE
+	kernel_fpu_end();
 }
 
 static void xor_avx_4(unsigned long bytes, unsigned long *p0, unsigned long *p1,
 	unsigned long *p2, unsigned long *p3)
 {
-	unsigned long cr0, lines = bytes >> 9;
-	char ymm_save[32 * YMM_SAVED_REGS] ALIGN32;
+	unsigned long lines = bytes >> 9;
 
-	YMMS_SAVE
+	kernel_fpu_begin();
 
 	while (lines--) {
 #undef BLOCK
@@ -147,16 +118,15 @@ do { \
 		p3 = (unsigned long *)((uintptr_t)p3 + 512);
 	}
 
-	YMMS_RESTORE
+	kernel_fpu_end();
 }
 
 static void xor_avx_5(unsigned long bytes, unsigned long *p0, unsigned long *p1,
 	unsigned long *p2, unsigned long *p3, unsigned long *p4)
 {
-	unsigned long cr0, lines = bytes >> 9;
-	char ymm_save[32 * YMM_SAVED_REGS] ALIGN32;
+	unsigned long lines = bytes >> 9;
 
-	YMMS_SAVE
+	kernel_fpu_begin();
 
 	while (lines--) {
 #undef BLOCK
@@ -184,7 +154,7 @@ do { \
 		p4 = (unsigned long *)((uintptr_t)p4 + 512);
 	}
 
-	YMMS_RESTORE
+	kernel_fpu_end();
 }
 
 static struct xor_block_template xor_block_avx = {