diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/fpu/xstate.c b/arch/x86/kernel/fpu/xstate.c
index c8def1b7f8fb..5a76df965337 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/fpu/xstate.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/fpu/xstate.c
@@ -1175,20 +1175,14 @@ int copy_sigframe_from_user_to_xstate(struct xregs_state *xsave,
 	return copy_uabi_to_xstate(xsave, NULL, ubuf);
 }
 
-static bool validate_xsaves_xrstors(u64 mask)
+static bool validate_independent_components(u64 mask)
 {
 	u64 xchk;
 
 	if (WARN_ON_FPU(!cpu_feature_enabled(X86_FEATURE_XSAVES)))
 		return false;
-	/*
-	 * Validate that this is either a task->fpstate related component
-	 * subset or an independent one.
-	 */
-	if (mask & xfeatures_mask_independent())
-		xchk = ~xfeatures_mask_independent();
-	else
-		xchk = ~xfeatures_mask_all;
+
+	xchk = ~xfeatures_mask_independent();
 
 	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(!mask || mask & xchk))
 		return false;
@@ -1206,14 +1200,13 @@ static bool validate_xsaves_xrstors(u64 mask)
  * buffer should be zeroed otherwise a consecutive XRSTORS from that buffer
  * can #GP.
  *
- * The feature mask must either be a subset of the independent features or
- * a subset of the task->fpstate related features.
+ * The feature mask must be a subset of the independent features.
  */
 void xsaves(struct xregs_state *xstate, u64 mask)
 {
 	int err;
 
-	if (!validate_xsaves_xrstors(mask))
+	if (!validate_independent_components(mask))
 		return;
 
 	XSTATE_OP(XSAVES, xstate, (u32)mask, (u32)(mask >> 32), err);
@@ -1231,14 +1224,13 @@ void xsaves(struct xregs_state *xstate, u64 mask)
  * Proper usage is to restore the state which was saved with
  * xsaves() into @xstate.
  *
- * The feature mask must either be a subset of the independent features or
- * a subset of the task->fpstate related features.
+ * The feature mask must be a subset of the independent features.
  */
 void xrstors(struct xregs_state *xstate, u64 mask)
 {
 	int err;
 
-	if (!validate_xsaves_xrstors(mask))
+	if (!validate_independent_components(mask))
 		return;
 
 	XSTATE_OP(XRSTORS, xstate, (u32)mask, (u32)(mask >> 32), err);