diff --git a/drivers/acpi/apei/ghes.c b/drivers/acpi/apei/ghes.c
index 5d37fb4bca67..b2fe309f395c 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/apei/ghes.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/apei/ghes.c
@@ -451,45 +451,79 @@ static void ghes_clear_estatus(struct ghes *ghes,
 }
 
 /*
- * Called as task_work before returning to user-space.
- * Ensure any queued work has been done before we return to the context that
- * triggered the notification.
+ * struct mce_task_work - for synchronous RAS event
+ *
+ * @twork:                callback_head for task work
+ * @pfn:                  page frame number of corrupted page
+ * @flags:                fine tune action taken
+ *
+ * Structure to pass task work to be handled before
+ * ret_to_user via task_work_add().
  */
-static void ghes_kick_task_work(struct callback_head *head)
+struct mce_task_work {
+	struct callback_head twork;
+	u64 pfn;
+	int flags;
+};
+
+static void memory_failure_cb(struct callback_head *twork)
 {
-	struct acpi_hest_generic_status *estatus;
-	struct ghes_estatus_node *estatus_node;
-	u32 node_len;
+	int ret;
+	struct mce_task_work *twcb =
+		container_of(twork, struct mce_task_work, twork);
 
-	estatus_node = container_of(head, struct ghes_estatus_node, task_work);
-	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_ACPI_APEI_MEMORY_FAILURE))
-		memory_failure_queue_kick(estatus_node->task_work_cpu);
+	ret = memory_failure(twcb->pfn, twcb->flags);
+	kfree(twcb);
 
-	estatus = GHES_ESTATUS_FROM_NODE(estatus_node);
-	node_len = GHES_ESTATUS_NODE_LEN(cper_estatus_len(estatus));
-	gen_pool_free(ghes_estatus_pool, (unsigned long)estatus_node, node_len);
+	if (!ret)
+		return;
+
+	/*
+	 * -EHWPOISON from memory_failure() means that it already sent SIGBUS
+	 * to the current process with the proper error info,
+	 * -EOPNOTSUPP means hwpoison_filter() filtered the error event,
+	 *
+	 * In both cases, no further processing is required.
+	 */
+	if (ret == -EHWPOISON || ret == -EOPNOTSUPP)
+		return;
+
+	pr_err("Memory error not recovered");
+	force_sig(SIGBUS);
 }
 
-static bool ghes_do_memory_failure(u64 physical_addr, int flags)
+static void ghes_do_memory_failure(u64 physical_addr, int flags)
 {
 	unsigned long pfn;
+	struct mce_task_work *twcb;
 
 	if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_ACPI_APEI_MEMORY_FAILURE))
-		return false;
+		return;
 
 	pfn = PHYS_PFN(physical_addr);
 	if (!pfn_valid(pfn) && !arch_is_platform_page(physical_addr)) {
 		pr_warn_ratelimited(FW_WARN GHES_PFX
 		"Invalid address in generic error data: %#llx\n",
 		physical_addr);
-		return false;
+		return;
+	}
+
+	if (flags == MF_ACTION_REQUIRED && current->mm) {
+		twcb = kmalloc(sizeof(*twcb), GFP_ATOMIC);
+		if (!twcb)
+			return;
+
+		twcb->pfn = pfn;
+		twcb->flags = flags;
+		init_task_work(&twcb->twork, memory_failure_cb);
+		task_work_add(current, &twcb->twork, TWA_RESUME);
+		return;
 	}
 
 	memory_failure_queue(pfn, flags);
-	return true;
 }
 
-static bool ghes_handle_memory_failure(struct acpi_hest_generic_data *gdata,
+static void ghes_handle_memory_failure(struct acpi_hest_generic_data *gdata,
 				       int sev, bool sync)
 {
 	int flags = -1;
@@ -497,7 +531,7 @@ static bool ghes_handle_memory_failure(struct acpi_hest_generic_data *gdata,
 	struct cper_sec_mem_err *mem_err = acpi_hest_get_payload(gdata);
 
 	if (!(mem_err->validation_bits & CPER_MEM_VALID_PA))
-		return false;
+		return;
 
 	/* iff following two events can be handled properly by now */
 	if (sec_sev == GHES_SEV_CORRECTED &&
@@ -507,16 +541,15 @@ static bool ghes_handle_memory_failure(struct acpi_hest_generic_data *gdata,
 		flags = sync ? MF_ACTION_REQUIRED : 0;
 
 	if (flags != -1)
-		return ghes_do_memory_failure(mem_err->physical_addr, flags);
+		ghes_do_memory_failure(mem_err->physical_addr, flags);
 
-	return false;
+	return;
 }
 
-static bool ghes_handle_arm_hw_error(struct acpi_hest_generic_data *gdata,
+static void ghes_handle_arm_hw_error(struct acpi_hest_generic_data *gdata,
 				       int sev, bool sync)
 {
 	struct cper_sec_proc_arm *err = acpi_hest_get_payload(gdata);
-	bool queued = false;
 	int sec_sev, i;
 	char *p;
 	int flags = sync ? MF_ACTION_REQUIRED : 0;
@@ -525,7 +558,7 @@ static bool ghes_handle_arm_hw_error(struct acpi_hest_generic_data *gdata,
 
 	sec_sev = ghes_severity(gdata->error_severity);
 	if (sev != GHES_SEV_RECOVERABLE || sec_sev != GHES_SEV_RECOVERABLE)
-		return false;
+		return;
 
 	p = (char *)(err + 1);
 	for (i = 0; i < err->err_info_num; i++) {
@@ -541,7 +574,7 @@ static bool ghes_handle_arm_hw_error(struct acpi_hest_generic_data *gdata,
 		 * and don't filter out 'corrected' error here.
 		 */
 		if (is_cache && has_pa) {
-			queued = ghes_do_memory_failure(err_info->physical_fault_addr, flags);
+			ghes_do_memory_failure(err_info->physical_fault_addr, flags);
 			p += err_info->length;
 			continue;
 		}
@@ -554,8 +587,6 @@ static bool ghes_handle_arm_hw_error(struct acpi_hest_generic_data *gdata,
 				    error_type);
 		p += err_info->length;
 	}
-
-	return queued;
 }
 
 /*
@@ -653,7 +684,7 @@ static void ghes_defer_non_standard_event(struct acpi_hest_generic_data *gdata,
 	schedule_work(&entry->work);
 }
 
-static bool ghes_do_proc(struct ghes *ghes,
+static void ghes_do_proc(struct ghes *ghes,
 			 const struct acpi_hest_generic_status *estatus)
 {
 	int sev, sec_sev;
@@ -661,7 +692,6 @@ static bool ghes_do_proc(struct ghes *ghes,
 	guid_t *sec_type;
 	const guid_t *fru_id = &guid_null;
 	char *fru_text = "";
-	bool queued = false;
 	bool sync = is_hest_sync_notify(ghes);
 
 	sev = ghes_severity(estatus->error_severity);
@@ -680,13 +710,13 @@ static bool ghes_do_proc(struct ghes *ghes,
 			atomic_notifier_call_chain(&ghes_report_chain, sev, mem_err);
 
 			arch_apei_report_mem_error(sev, mem_err);
-			queued = ghes_handle_memory_failure(gdata, sev, sync);
+			ghes_handle_memory_failure(gdata, sev, sync);
 		}
 		else if (guid_equal(sec_type, &CPER_SEC_PCIE)) {
 			ghes_handle_aer(gdata);
 		}
 		else if (guid_equal(sec_type, &CPER_SEC_PROC_ARM)) {
-			queued = ghes_handle_arm_hw_error(gdata, sev, sync);
+			ghes_handle_arm_hw_error(gdata, sev, sync);
 		} else {
 			void *err = acpi_hest_get_payload(gdata);
 
@@ -696,8 +726,6 @@ static bool ghes_do_proc(struct ghes *ghes,
 					       gdata->error_data_length);
 		}
 	}
-
-	return queued;
 }
 
 static void __ghes_print_estatus(const char *pfx,
@@ -999,9 +1027,7 @@ static void ghes_proc_in_irq(struct irq_work *irq_work)
 	struct ghes_estatus_node *estatus_node;
 	struct acpi_hest_generic *generic;
 	struct acpi_hest_generic_status *estatus;
-	bool task_work_pending;
 	u32 len, node_len;
-	int ret;
 
 	llnode = llist_del_all(&ghes_estatus_llist);
 	/*
@@ -1016,25 +1042,14 @@ static void ghes_proc_in_irq(struct irq_work *irq_work)
 		estatus = GHES_ESTATUS_FROM_NODE(estatus_node);
 		len = cper_estatus_len(estatus);
 		node_len = GHES_ESTATUS_NODE_LEN(len);
-		task_work_pending = ghes_do_proc(estatus_node->ghes, estatus);
+		ghes_do_proc(estatus_node->ghes, estatus);
 		if (!ghes_estatus_cached(estatus)) {
 			generic = estatus_node->generic;
 			if (ghes_print_estatus(NULL, generic, estatus))
 				ghes_estatus_cache_add(generic, estatus);
 		}
-
-		if (task_work_pending && current->mm) {
-			estatus_node->task_work.func = ghes_kick_task_work;
-			estatus_node->task_work_cpu = smp_processor_id();
-			ret = task_work_add(current, &estatus_node->task_work,
-					    TWA_RESUME);
-			if (ret)
-				estatus_node->task_work.func = NULL;
-		}
-
-		if (!estatus_node->task_work.func)
-			gen_pool_free(ghes_estatus_pool,
-				      (unsigned long)estatus_node, node_len);
+		gen_pool_free(ghes_estatus_pool, (unsigned long)estatus_node,
+			      node_len);
 
 		llnode = next;
 	}
@@ -1095,7 +1110,6 @@ static int ghes_in_nmi_queue_one_entry(struct ghes *ghes,
 
 	estatus_node->ghes = ghes;
 	estatus_node->generic = ghes->generic;
-	estatus_node->task_work.func = NULL;
 	estatus = GHES_ESTATUS_FROM_NODE(estatus_node);
 
 	if (__ghes_read_estatus(estatus, buf_paddr, fixmap_idx, len)) {
diff --git a/include/acpi/ghes.h b/include/acpi/ghes.h
index 3c8bba9f1114..e5e0c308d27f 100644
--- a/include/acpi/ghes.h
+++ b/include/acpi/ghes.h
@@ -35,9 +35,6 @@ struct ghes_estatus_node {
 	struct llist_node llnode;
 	struct acpi_hest_generic *generic;
 	struct ghes *ghes;
-
-	int task_work_cpu;
-	struct callback_head task_work;
 };
 
 struct ghes_estatus_cache {
diff --git a/mm/memory-failure.c b/mm/memory-failure.c
index a1ede7bdce95..d4fd983dfc97 100644
--- a/mm/memory-failure.c
+++ b/mm/memory-failure.c
@@ -2355,19 +2355,6 @@ static void memory_failure_work_func(struct work_struct *work)
 	}
 }
 
-/*
- * Process memory_failure work queued on the specified CPU.
- * Used to avoid return-to-userspace racing with the memory_failure workqueue.
- */
-void memory_failure_queue_kick(int cpu)
-{
-	struct memory_failure_cpu *mf_cpu;
-
-	mf_cpu = &per_cpu(memory_failure_cpu, cpu);
-	cancel_work_sync(&mf_cpu->work);
-	memory_failure_work_func(&mf_cpu->work);
-}
-
 static int __init memory_failure_init(void)
 {
 	struct memory_failure_cpu *mf_cpu;
