diff --git a/arch/s390/kernel/ptrace.c b/arch/s390/kernel/ptrace.c
index a76dd27fb2e819330d384021d2eab8ba6a5a6836..cf3f5969e21521670a36cb5c8124c6d51ea64022 100644
--- a/arch/s390/kernel/ptrace.c
+++ b/arch/s390/kernel/ptrace.c
@@ -411,6 +411,7 @@ static int __poke_user(struct task_struct *child, addr_t addr, addr_t data)
 		/*
 		 * floating point control reg. is in the thread structure
 		 */
+		save_fpu_regs();
 		if ((unsigned int) data != 0 ||
 		    test_fp_ctl(data >> (BITS_PER_LONG - 32)))
 			return -EINVAL;
@@ -773,6 +774,7 @@ static int __poke_user_compat(struct task_struct *child,
 		/*
 		 * floating point control reg. is in the thread structure
 		 */
+		save_fpu_regs();
 		if (test_fp_ctl(tmp))
 			return -EINVAL;
 		child->thread.fpu.fpc = data;
@@ -1014,9 +1016,7 @@ static int s390_fpregs_set(struct task_struct *target,
 	int rc = 0;
 	freg_t fprs[__NUM_FPRS];
 
-	if (target == current)
-		save_fpu_regs();
-
+	save_fpu_regs();
 	if (MACHINE_HAS_VX)
 		convert_vx_to_fp(fprs, target->thread.fpu.vxrs);
 	else