diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/hw_breakpoint.c b/arch/x86/kernel/hw_breakpoint.c
index 05d5fec64a9..ae90b473943 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/hw_breakpoint.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/hw_breakpoint.c
@@ -502,8 +502,6 @@ static int __kprobes hw_breakpoint_handler(struct die_args *args)
 		rcu_read_lock();
 
 		bp = per_cpu(bp_per_reg[i], cpu);
-		if (bp)
-			rc = NOTIFY_DONE;
 		/*
 		 * Reset the 'i'th TRAP bit in dr6 to denote completion of
 		 * exception handling
@@ -522,7 +520,13 @@ static int __kprobes hw_breakpoint_handler(struct die_args *args)
 
 		rcu_read_unlock();
 	}
-	if (dr6 & (~DR_TRAP_BITS))
+	/*
+	 * Further processing in do_debug() is needed for a) user-space
+	 * breakpoints (to generate signals) and b) when the system has
+	 * taken exception due to multiple causes
+	 */
+	if ((current->thread.debugreg6 & DR_TRAP_BITS) ||
+	    (dr6 & (~DR_TRAP_BITS)))
 		rc = NOTIFY_DONE;
 
 	set_debugreg(dr7, 7);