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diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/fpsimd.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/fpsimd.c
index 5280e098cfb5..47af76e53221 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/fpsimd.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/fpsimd.c
@@ -348,7 +348,13 @@ static void task_fpsimd_load(void)
/*
* Ensure FPSIMD/SVE storage in memory for the loaded context is up to
- * date with respect to the CPU registers.
+ * date with respect to the CPU registers. Note carefully that the
+ * current context is the context last bound to the CPU stored in
+ * last, if KVM is involved this may be the guest VM context rather
+ * than the host thread for the VM pointed to by current. This means
+ * that we must always reference the state storage via last rather
+ * than via current, other than the TIF_ flags which KVM will
+ * carefully maintain for us.
*/
static void fpsimd_save(void)
{