diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/thread_info.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/thread_info.h
index fa583ec99e3e..6d201699c651 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/thread_info.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/thread_info.h
@@ -147,9 +147,18 @@ struct thread_info {
 	 _TIF_FSCHECK)
 
 /* flags to check in __switch_to() */
-#define _TIF_WORK_CTXSW							\
+#define _TIF_WORK_CTXSW_BASE						\
 	(_TIF_IO_BITMAP|_TIF_NOCPUID|_TIF_NOTSC|_TIF_BLOCKSTEP|		\
-	 _TIF_SSBD|_TIF_SPEC_IB)
+	 _TIF_SSBD)
+
+/*
+ * Avoid calls to __switch_to_xtra() on UP as STIBP is not evaluated.
+ */
+#ifdef CONFIG_SMP
+# define _TIF_WORK_CTXSW	(_TIF_WORK_CTXSW_BASE | _TIF_SPEC_IB)
+#else
+# define _TIF_WORK_CTXSW	(_TIF_WORK_CTXSW_BASE)
+#endif
 
 #define _TIF_WORK_CTXSW_PREV (_TIF_WORK_CTXSW|_TIF_USER_RETURN_NOTIFY)
 #define _TIF_WORK_CTXSW_NEXT (_TIF_WORK_CTXSW)
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/process.h b/arch/x86/kernel/process.h
index 020fbfac3a27..898e97cf6629 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/process.h
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/process.h
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 //
 // Code shared between 32 and 64 bit
 
+#include <asm/spec-ctrl.h>
+
 void __switch_to_xtra(struct task_struct *prev_p, struct task_struct *next_p);
 
 /*
@@ -14,6 +16,19 @@ static inline void switch_to_extra(struct task_struct *prev,
 	unsigned long next_tif = task_thread_info(next)->flags;
 	unsigned long prev_tif = task_thread_info(prev)->flags;
 
+	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_SMP)) {
+		/*
+		 * Avoid __switch_to_xtra() invocation when conditional
+		 * STIPB is disabled and the only different bit is
+		 * TIF_SPEC_IB. For CONFIG_SMP=n TIF_SPEC_IB is not
+		 * in the TIF_WORK_CTXSW masks.
+		 */
+		if (!static_branch_likely(&switch_to_cond_stibp)) {
+			prev_tif &= ~_TIF_SPEC_IB;
+			next_tif &= ~_TIF_SPEC_IB;
+		}
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * __switch_to_xtra() handles debug registers, i/o bitmaps,
 	 * speculation mitigations etc.