diff --git a/arch/x86/entry/entry_fred.c b/arch/x86/entry/entry_fred.c
index 4c0398010e04..e77429683240 100644
--- a/arch/x86/entry/entry_fred.c
+++ b/arch/x86/entry/entry_fred.c
@@ -140,6 +140,27 @@ void __init fred_install_sysvec(unsigned int sysvec, idtentry_t handler)
 		 sysvec_table[sysvec - FIRST_SYSTEM_VECTOR] = handler;
 }
 
+static noinstr void fred_handle_spurious_interrupt(struct pt_regs *regs)
+{
+	spurious_interrupt(regs, regs->fred_ss.vector);
+}
+
+void __init fred_complete_exception_setup(void)
+{
+	unsigned int vector;
+
+	for (vector = 0; vector < FIRST_EXTERNAL_VECTOR; vector++)
+		set_bit(vector, system_vectors);
+
+	for (vector = 0; vector < NR_SYSTEM_VECTORS; vector++) {
+		if (sysvec_table[vector])
+			set_bit(vector + FIRST_SYSTEM_VECTOR, system_vectors);
+		else
+			sysvec_table[vector] = fred_handle_spurious_interrupt;
+	}
+	fred_setup_done = true;
+}
+
 static noinstr void fred_extint(struct pt_regs *regs)
 {
 	unsigned int vector = regs->fred_ss.vector;
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/fred.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/fred.h
index 2fa9f34e5c95..e86c7ba32435 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/fred.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/fred.h
@@ -83,8 +83,13 @@ static __always_inline void fred_entry_from_kvm(unsigned int type, unsigned int
 	asm_fred_entry_from_kvm(ss);
 }
 
+void cpu_init_fred_exceptions(void);
+void fred_complete_exception_setup(void);
+
 #else /* CONFIG_X86_FRED */
 static __always_inline unsigned long fred_event_data(struct pt_regs *regs) { return 0; }
+static inline void cpu_init_fred_exceptions(void) { }
+static inline void fred_complete_exception_setup(void) { }
 static __always_inline void fred_entry_from_kvm(unsigned int type, unsigned int vector) { }
 #endif /* CONFIG_X86_FRED */
 #endif /* !__ASSEMBLY__ */
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/Makefile b/arch/x86/kernel/Makefile
index 3269a0e23d3a..8dfdae4111bb 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/Makefile
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/Makefile
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ obj-y			+= platform-quirks.o
 obj-y			+= process_$(BITS).o signal.o signal_$(BITS).o
 obj-y			+= traps.o idt.o irq.o irq_$(BITS).o dumpstack_$(BITS).o
 obj-y			+= time.o ioport.o dumpstack.o nmi.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_X86_FRED)	+= fred.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_MODIFY_LDT_SYSCALL)	+= ldt.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_X86_KERNEL_IBT)		+= ibt_selftest.o
 obj-y			+= setup.o x86_init.o i8259.o irqinit.o
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/fred.c b/arch/x86/kernel/fred.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..4bcd8791ad96
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/fred.c
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
+#include <linux/kernel.h>
+
+#include <asm/desc.h>
+#include <asm/fred.h>
+#include <asm/tlbflush.h>
+#include <asm/traps.h>
+
+/* #DB in the kernel would imply the use of a kernel debugger. */
+#define FRED_DB_STACK_LEVEL		1UL
+#define FRED_NMI_STACK_LEVEL		2UL
+#define FRED_MC_STACK_LEVEL		2UL
+/*
+ * #DF is the highest level because a #DF means "something went wrong
+ * *while delivering an exception*." The number of cases for which that
+ * can happen with FRED is drastically reduced and basically amounts to
+ * "the stack you pointed me to is broken." Thus, always change stacks
+ * on #DF, which means it should be at the highest level.
+ */
+#define FRED_DF_STACK_LEVEL		3UL
+
+#define FRED_STKLVL(vector, lvl)	((lvl) << (2 * (vector)))
+
+void cpu_init_fred_exceptions(void)
+{
+	/* When FRED is enabled by default, remove this log message */
+	pr_info("Initialize FRED on CPU%d\n", smp_processor_id());
+
+	wrmsrl(MSR_IA32_FRED_CONFIG,
+	       /* Reserve for CALL emulation */
+	       FRED_CONFIG_REDZONE |
+	       FRED_CONFIG_INT_STKLVL(0) |
+	       FRED_CONFIG_ENTRYPOINT(asm_fred_entrypoint_user));
+
+	/*
+	 * The purpose of separate stacks for NMI, #DB and #MC *in the kernel*
+	 * (remember that user space faults are always taken on stack level 0)
+	 * is to avoid overflowing the kernel stack.
+	 */
+	wrmsrl(MSR_IA32_FRED_STKLVLS,
+	       FRED_STKLVL(X86_TRAP_DB,  FRED_DB_STACK_LEVEL) |
+	       FRED_STKLVL(X86_TRAP_NMI, FRED_NMI_STACK_LEVEL) |
+	       FRED_STKLVL(X86_TRAP_MC,  FRED_MC_STACK_LEVEL) |
+	       FRED_STKLVL(X86_TRAP_DF,  FRED_DF_STACK_LEVEL));
+
+	/* The FRED equivalents to IST stacks... */
+	wrmsrl(MSR_IA32_FRED_RSP1, __this_cpu_ist_top_va(DB));
+	wrmsrl(MSR_IA32_FRED_RSP2, __this_cpu_ist_top_va(NMI));
+	wrmsrl(MSR_IA32_FRED_RSP3, __this_cpu_ist_top_va(DF));
+
+	/* Enable FRED */
+	cr4_set_bits(X86_CR4_FRED);
+	/* Any further IDT use is a bug */
+	idt_invalidate();
+
+	/* Use int $0x80 for 32-bit system calls in FRED mode */
+	setup_clear_cpu_cap(X86_FEATURE_SYSENTER32);
+	setup_clear_cpu_cap(X86_FEATURE_SYSCALL32);
+}
