diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/assembler.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/assembler.h
index 742495eb5526..5a5504f90d5f 100644
--- a/arch/arm/include/asm/assembler.h
+++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/assembler.h
@@ -108,29 +108,37 @@
 	.endm
 #endif
 
-	.macro asm_trace_hardirqs_off
+	.macro asm_trace_hardirqs_off, save=1
 #if defined(CONFIG_TRACE_IRQFLAGS)
+	.if \save
 	stmdb   sp!, {r0-r3, ip, lr}
+	.endif
 	bl	trace_hardirqs_off
+	.if \save
 	ldmia	sp!, {r0-r3, ip, lr}
+	.endif
 #endif
 	.endm
 
-	.macro asm_trace_hardirqs_on, cond=al
+	.macro asm_trace_hardirqs_on, cond=al, save=1
 #if defined(CONFIG_TRACE_IRQFLAGS)
 	/*
 	 * actually the registers should be pushed and pop'd conditionally, but
 	 * after bl the flags are certainly clobbered
 	 */
+	.if \save
 	stmdb   sp!, {r0-r3, ip, lr}
+	.endif
 	bl\cond	trace_hardirqs_on
+	.if \save
 	ldmia	sp!, {r0-r3, ip, lr}
+	.endif
 #endif
 	.endm
 
-	.macro disable_irq
+	.macro disable_irq, save=1
 	disable_irq_notrace
-	asm_trace_hardirqs_off
+	asm_trace_hardirqs_off \save
 	.endm
 
 	.macro enable_irq
diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/thread_info.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/thread_info.h
index bd32eded3e50..71e0ffcedf8e 100644
--- a/arch/arm/include/asm/thread_info.h
+++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/thread_info.h
@@ -136,22 +136,18 @@ extern int vfp_restore_user_hwstate(struct user_vfp __user *,
 
 /*
  * thread information flags:
- *  TIF_SYSCALL_TRACE	- syscall trace active
- *  TIF_SYSCAL_AUDIT	- syscall auditing active
- *  TIF_SIGPENDING	- signal pending
- *  TIF_NEED_RESCHED	- rescheduling necessary
- *  TIF_NOTIFY_RESUME	- callback before returning to user
  *  TIF_USEDFPU		- FPU was used by this task this quantum (SMP)
  *  TIF_POLLING_NRFLAG	- true if poll_idle() is polling TIF_NEED_RESCHED
  */
-#define TIF_SIGPENDING		0
-#define TIF_NEED_RESCHED	1
+#define TIF_SIGPENDING		0	/* signal pending */
+#define TIF_NEED_RESCHED	1	/* rescheduling necessary */
 #define TIF_NOTIFY_RESUME	2	/* callback before returning to user */
-#define TIF_UPROBE		7
-#define TIF_SYSCALL_TRACE	8
-#define TIF_SYSCALL_AUDIT	9
-#define TIF_SYSCALL_TRACEPOINT	10
-#define TIF_SECCOMP		11	/* seccomp syscall filtering active */
+#define TIF_UPROBE		3	/* breakpointed or singlestepping */
+#define TIF_SYSCALL_TRACE	4	/* syscall trace active */
+#define TIF_SYSCALL_AUDIT	5	/* syscall auditing active */
+#define TIF_SYSCALL_TRACEPOINT	6	/* syscall tracepoint instrumentation */
+#define TIF_SECCOMP		7	/* seccomp syscall filtering active */
+
 #define TIF_NOHZ		12	/* in adaptive nohz mode */
 #define TIF_USING_IWMMXT	17
 #define TIF_MEMDIE		18	/* is terminating due to OOM killer */
diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/entry-common.S b/arch/arm/kernel/entry-common.S
index 92828a1dec80..dd3721d1185e 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/entry-common.S
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/entry-common.S
@@ -24,35 +24,55 @@
 
 
 	.align	5
+#if !(IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_TRACE_IRQFLAGS) || IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_CONTEXT_TRACKING))
 /*
- * This is the fast syscall return path.  We do as little as
- * possible here, and this includes saving r0 back into the SVC
- * stack.
+ * This is the fast syscall return path.  We do as little as possible here,
+ * such as avoiding writing r0 to the stack.  We only use this path if we
+ * have tracing and context tracking disabled - the overheads from those
+ * features make this path too inefficient.
  */
 ret_fast_syscall:
  UNWIND(.fnstart	)
  UNWIND(.cantunwind	)
-	disable_irq				@ disable interrupts
+	disable_irq_notrace			@ disable interrupts
 	ldr	r1, [tsk, #TI_FLAGS]		@ re-check for syscall tracing
-	tst	r1, #_TIF_SYSCALL_WORK
-	bne	__sys_trace_return
-	tst	r1, #_TIF_WORK_MASK
+	tst	r1, #_TIF_SYSCALL_WORK | _TIF_WORK_MASK
 	bne	fast_work_pending
-	asm_trace_hardirqs_on
 
 	/* perform architecture specific actions before user return */
 	arch_ret_to_user r1, lr
-	ct_user_enter
 
 	restore_user_regs fast = 1, offset = S_OFF
  UNWIND(.fnend		)
+ENDPROC(ret_fast_syscall)
 
-/*
- * Ok, we need to do extra processing, enter the slow path.
- */
+	/* Ok, we need to do extra processing, enter the slow path. */
 fast_work_pending:
 	str	r0, [sp, #S_R0+S_OFF]!		@ returned r0
-work_pending:
+	/* fall through to work_pending */
+#else
+/*
+ * The "replacement" ret_fast_syscall for when tracing or context tracking
+ * is enabled.  As we will need to call out to some C functions, we save
+ * r0 first to avoid needing to save registers around each C function call.
+ */
+ret_fast_syscall:
+ UNWIND(.fnstart	)
+ UNWIND(.cantunwind	)
+	str	r0, [sp, #S_R0 + S_OFF]!	@ save returned r0
+	disable_irq_notrace			@ disable interrupts
+	ldr	r1, [tsk, #TI_FLAGS]		@ re-check for syscall tracing
+	tst	r1, #_TIF_SYSCALL_WORK | _TIF_WORK_MASK
+	beq	no_work_pending
+ UNWIND(.fnend		)
+ENDPROC(ret_fast_syscall)
+
+	/* Slower path - fall through to work_pending */
+#endif
+
+	tst	r1, #_TIF_SYSCALL_WORK
+	bne	__sys_trace_return_nosave
+slow_work_pending:
 	mov	r0, sp				@ 'regs'
 	mov	r2, why				@ 'syscall'
 	bl	do_work_pending
@@ -64,16 +84,19 @@ work_pending:
 
 /*
  * "slow" syscall return path.  "why" tells us if this was a real syscall.
+ * IRQs may be enabled here, so always disable them.  Note that we use the
+ * "notrace" version to avoid calling into the tracing code unnecessarily.
+ * do_work_pending() will update this state if necessary.
  */
 ENTRY(ret_to_user)
 ret_slow_syscall:
-	disable_irq				@ disable interrupts
+	disable_irq_notrace			@ disable interrupts
 ENTRY(ret_to_user_from_irq)
 	ldr	r1, [tsk, #TI_FLAGS]
 	tst	r1, #_TIF_WORK_MASK
-	bne	work_pending
+	bne	slow_work_pending
 no_work_pending:
-	asm_trace_hardirqs_on
+	asm_trace_hardirqs_on save = 0
 
 	/* perform architecture specific actions before user return */
 	arch_ret_to_user r1, lr
@@ -251,6 +274,12 @@ __sys_trace_return:
 	bl	syscall_trace_exit
 	b	ret_slow_syscall
 
+__sys_trace_return_nosave:
+	asm_trace_hardirqs_off save=0
+	mov	r0, sp
+	bl	syscall_trace_exit
+	b	ret_slow_syscall
+
 	.align	5
 #ifdef CONFIG_ALIGNMENT_TRAP
 	.type	__cr_alignment, #object
diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/signal.c b/arch/arm/kernel/signal.c
index 423663e23791..b6cda06b455f 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/signal.c
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/signal.c
@@ -562,6 +562,12 @@ static int do_signal(struct pt_regs *regs, int syscall)
 asmlinkage int
 do_work_pending(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned int thread_flags, int syscall)
 {
+	/*
+	 * The assembly code enters us with IRQs off, but it hasn't
+	 * informed the tracing code of that for efficiency reasons.
+	 * Update the trace code with the current status.
+	 */
+	trace_hardirqs_off();
 	do {
 		if (likely(thread_flags & _TIF_NEED_RESCHED)) {
 			schedule();