diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/hw_breakpoint.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/hw_breakpoint.h
index 115ea2a64520..4f4e58bee9bc 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/hw_breakpoint.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/hw_breakpoint.h
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ struct perf_event;
 struct pmu;
 
 extern int arch_bp_generic_fields(struct arch_hw_breakpoint_ctrl ctrl,
-				  int *gen_len, int *gen_type);
+				  int *gen_len, int *gen_type, int *offset);
 extern int arch_check_bp_in_kernelspace(struct perf_event *bp);
 extern int arch_validate_hwbkpt_settings(struct perf_event *bp);
 extern int hw_breakpoint_exceptions_notify(struct notifier_block *unused,
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/hw_breakpoint.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/hw_breakpoint.c
index 26a6bf77d272..3c2b96803eba 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/hw_breakpoint.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/hw_breakpoint.c
@@ -349,7 +349,7 @@ int arch_check_bp_in_kernelspace(struct perf_event *bp)
  * to generic breakpoint descriptions.
  */
 int arch_bp_generic_fields(struct arch_hw_breakpoint_ctrl ctrl,
-			   int *gen_len, int *gen_type)
+			   int *gen_len, int *gen_type, int *offset)
 {
 	/* Type */
 	switch (ctrl.type) {
@@ -369,8 +369,10 @@ int arch_bp_generic_fields(struct arch_hw_breakpoint_ctrl ctrl,
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
+	*offset = ffs(ctrl.len) - 1;
+
 	/* Len */
-	switch (ctrl.len) {
+	switch (ctrl.len >> *offset) {
 	case ARM_BREAKPOINT_LEN_1:
 		*gen_len = HW_BREAKPOINT_LEN_1;
 		break;
@@ -517,18 +519,17 @@ int arch_validate_hwbkpt_settings(struct perf_event *bp)
 		default:
 			return -EINVAL;
 		}
-
-		info->address &= ~alignment_mask;
-		info->ctrl.len <<= offset;
 	} else {
 		if (info->ctrl.type == ARM_BREAKPOINT_EXECUTE)
 			alignment_mask = 0x3;
 		else
 			alignment_mask = 0x7;
-		if (info->address & alignment_mask)
-			return -EINVAL;
+		offset = info->address & alignment_mask;
 	}
 
+	info->address &= ~alignment_mask;
+	info->ctrl.len <<= offset;
+
 	/*
 	 * Disallow per-task kernel breakpoints since these would
 	 * complicate the stepping code.
@@ -665,8 +666,8 @@ static int watchpoint_handler(unsigned long addr, unsigned int esr,
 			      struct pt_regs *regs)
 {
 	int i, step = 0, *kernel_step, access;
-	u32 ctrl_reg;
-	u64 val, alignment_mask;
+	u32 ctrl_reg, lens, lene;
+	u64 val;
 	struct perf_event *wp, **slots;
 	struct debug_info *debug_info;
 	struct arch_hw_breakpoint *info;
@@ -684,25 +685,21 @@ static int watchpoint_handler(unsigned long addr, unsigned int esr,
 			goto unlock;
 
 		info = counter_arch_bp(wp);
-		/* AArch32 watchpoints are either 4 or 8 bytes aligned. */
-		if (is_compat_task()) {
-			if (info->ctrl.len == ARM_BREAKPOINT_LEN_8)
-				alignment_mask = 0x7;
-			else
-				alignment_mask = 0x3;
-		} else {
-			alignment_mask = 0x7;
-		}
 
-		/* Check if the watchpoint value matches. */
+		/* Check if the watchpoint value and byte select match. */
 		val = read_wb_reg(AARCH64_DBG_REG_WVR, i);
-		if (val != (addr & ~alignment_mask))
-			goto unlock;
-
-		/* Possible match, check the byte address select to confirm. */
 		ctrl_reg = read_wb_reg(AARCH64_DBG_REG_WCR, i);
 		decode_ctrl_reg(ctrl_reg, &ctrl);
-		if (!((1 << (addr & alignment_mask)) & ctrl.len))
+		lens = ffs(ctrl.len) - 1;
+		lene = fls(ctrl.len) - 1;
+		/*
+		 * FIXME: reported address can be anywhere between "the
+		 * lowest address accessed by the memory access that
+		 * triggered the watchpoint" and "the highest watchpointed
+		 * address accessed by the memory access". So, it may not
+		 * lie in the interval of watchpoint address range.
+		 */
+		if (addr < val + lens || addr > val + lene)
 			goto unlock;
 
 		/*
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/ptrace.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/ptrace.c
index e0c81da60f76..0eb366a94382 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/ptrace.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/ptrace.c
@@ -327,13 +327,13 @@ static int ptrace_hbp_fill_attr_ctrl(unsigned int note_type,
 				     struct arch_hw_breakpoint_ctrl ctrl,
 				     struct perf_event_attr *attr)
 {
-	int err, len, type, disabled = !ctrl.enabled;
+	int err, len, type, offset, disabled = !ctrl.enabled;
 
 	attr->disabled = disabled;
 	if (disabled)
 		return 0;
 
-	err = arch_bp_generic_fields(ctrl, &len, &type);
+	err = arch_bp_generic_fields(ctrl, &len, &type, &offset);
 	if (err)
 		return err;
 
@@ -352,6 +352,7 @@ static int ptrace_hbp_fill_attr_ctrl(unsigned int note_type,
 
 	attr->bp_len	= len;
 	attr->bp_type	= type;
+	attr->bp_addr	+= offset;
 
 	return 0;
 }
