diff --git a/arch/i386/kernel/ioport.c b/arch/i386/kernel/ioport.c
index 8b25160..f2b3765 100644
--- a/arch/i386/kernel/ioport.c
+++ b/arch/i386/kernel/ioport.c
@@ -132,6 +132,7 @@
 	volatile struct pt_regs * regs = (struct pt_regs *) &unused;
 	unsigned int level = regs->ebx;
 	unsigned int old = (regs->eflags >> 12) & 3;
+	struct thread_struct *t = &current->thread;
 
 	if (level > 3)
 		return -EINVAL;
@@ -140,8 +141,8 @@
 		if (!capable(CAP_SYS_RAWIO))
 			return -EPERM;
 	}
-	regs->eflags = (regs->eflags &~ 0x3000UL) | (level << 12);
-	/* Make sure we return the long way (not sysenter) */
-	set_thread_flag(TIF_IRET);
+	t->iopl = level << 12;
+	regs->eflags = (regs->eflags & ~X86_EFLAGS_IOPL) | t->iopl;
+	set_iopl_mask(t->iopl);
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/arch/i386/kernel/process.c b/arch/i386/kernel/process.c
index 6609978..b45cbf9 100644
--- a/arch/i386/kernel/process.c
+++ b/arch/i386/kernel/process.c
@@ -712,6 +712,12 @@
 		loadsegment(gs, next->gs);
 
 	/*
+	 * Restore IOPL if needed.
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(prev->iopl != next->iopl))
+		set_iopl_mask(next->iopl);
+
+	/*
 	 * Now maybe reload the debug registers
 	 */
 	if (unlikely(next->debugreg[7])) {
diff --git a/include/asm-i386/processor.h b/include/asm-i386/processor.h
index 992224b..37bef8e 100644
--- a/include/asm-i386/processor.h
+++ b/include/asm-i386/processor.h
@@ -455,6 +455,7 @@
 	unsigned int		saved_fs, saved_gs;
 /* IO permissions */
 	unsigned long	*io_bitmap_ptr;
+ 	unsigned long	iopl;
 /* max allowed port in the bitmap, in bytes: */
 	unsigned long	io_bitmap_max;
 };
@@ -511,6 +512,21 @@
 			: /* no output */			\
 			:"r" (value))
 
+/*
+ * Set IOPL bits in EFLAGS from given mask
+ */
+static inline void set_iopl_mask(unsigned mask)
+{
+	unsigned int reg;
+	__asm__ __volatile__ ("pushfl;"
+			      "popl %0;"
+			      "andl %1, %0;"
+			      "orl %2, %0;"
+			      "pushl %0;"
+			      "popfl"
+				: "=&r" (reg)
+				: "i" (~X86_EFLAGS_IOPL), "r" (mask));
+}
 
 /* Forward declaration, a strange C thing */
 struct task_struct;
diff --git a/include/asm-i386/system.h b/include/asm-i386/system.h
index 37fd2f8..acd5c26 100644
--- a/include/asm-i386/system.h
+++ b/include/asm-i386/system.h
@@ -14,8 +14,7 @@
 
 #define switch_to(prev,next,last) do {					\
 	unsigned long esi,edi;						\
-	asm volatile("pushfl\n\t"					\
-		     "pushl %%ebp\n\t"					\
+	asm volatile("pushl %%ebp\n\t"					\
 		     "movl %%esp,%0\n\t"	/* save ESP */		\
 		     "movl %5,%%esp\n\t"	/* restore ESP */	\
 		     "movl $1f,%1\n\t"		/* save EIP */		\
@@ -23,7 +22,6 @@
 		     "jmp __switch_to\n"				\
 		     "1:\t"						\
 		     "popl %%ebp\n\t"					\
-		     "popfl"						\
 		     :"=m" (prev->thread.esp),"=m" (prev->thread.eip),	\
 		      "=a" (last),"=S" (esi),"=D" (edi)			\
 		     :"m" (next->thread.esp),"m" (next->thread.eip),	\