diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/static_call.c b/arch/x86/kernel/static_call.c
index b70670a98597..77a9316da435 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/static_call.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/static_call.c
@@ -186,6 +186,19 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(arch_static_call_transform);
  */
 bool __static_call_fixup(void *tramp, u8 op, void *dest)
 {
+	unsigned long addr = (unsigned long)tramp;
+	/*
+	 * Not all .return_sites are a static_call trampoline (most are not).
+	 * Check if the 3 bytes after the return are still kernel text, if not,
+	 * then this definitely is not a trampoline and we need not worry
+	 * further.
+	 *
+	 * This avoids the memcmp() below tripping over pagefaults etc..
+	 */
+	if (((addr >> PAGE_SHIFT) != ((addr + 7) >> PAGE_SHIFT)) &&
+	    !kernel_text_address(addr + 7))
+		return false;
+
 	if (memcmp(tramp+5, tramp_ud, 3)) {
 		/* Not a trampoline site, not our problem. */
 		return false;