diff --git a/drivers/acpi/apei/ghes.c b/drivers/acpi/apei/ghes.c
index 103acbbfcf9a..c91c9ec55750 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/apei/ghes.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/apei/ghes.c
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
 #include <linux/sched/clock.h>
 #include <linux/uuid.h>
 #include <linux/ras.h>
+#include <linux/task_work.h>
 
 #include <acpi/actbl1.h>
 #include <acpi/ghes.h>
@@ -414,23 +415,47 @@ static void ghes_clear_estatus(struct ghes *ghes,
 		ghes_ack_error(ghes->generic_v2);
 }
 
-static void ghes_handle_memory_failure(struct acpi_hest_generic_data *gdata, int sev)
+/*
+ * 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.
+ */
+static void ghes_kick_task_work(struct callback_head *head)
+{
+	struct acpi_hest_generic_status *estatus;
+	struct ghes_estatus_node *estatus_node;
+	u32 node_len;
+
+	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);
+
+	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);
+}
+
+static bool ghes_handle_memory_failure(struct ghes *ghes,
+				       struct acpi_hest_generic_data *gdata,
+				       int sev)
 {
-#ifdef CONFIG_ACPI_APEI_MEMORY_FAILURE
 	unsigned long pfn;
 	int flags = -1;
 	int sec_sev = ghes_severity(gdata->error_severity);
 	struct cper_sec_mem_err *mem_err = acpi_hest_get_payload(gdata);
 
+	if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_ACPI_APEI_MEMORY_FAILURE))
+		return false;
+
 	if (!(mem_err->validation_bits & CPER_MEM_VALID_PA))
-		return;
+		return false;
 
 	pfn = mem_err->physical_addr >> PAGE_SHIFT;
 	if (!pfn_valid(pfn)) {
 		pr_warn_ratelimited(FW_WARN GHES_PFX
 		"Invalid address in generic error data: %#llx\n",
 		mem_err->physical_addr);
-		return;
+		return false;
 	}
 
 	/* iff following two events can be handled properly by now */
@@ -440,9 +465,12 @@ static void ghes_handle_memory_failure(struct acpi_hest_generic_data *gdata, int
 	if (sev == GHES_SEV_RECOVERABLE && sec_sev == GHES_SEV_RECOVERABLE)
 		flags = 0;
 
-	if (flags != -1)
+	if (flags != -1) {
 		memory_failure_queue(pfn, flags);
-#endif
+		return true;
+	}
+
+	return false;
 }
 
 /*
@@ -490,7 +518,7 @@ static void ghes_handle_aer(struct acpi_hest_generic_data *gdata)
 #endif
 }
 
-static void ghes_do_proc(struct ghes *ghes,
+static bool ghes_do_proc(struct ghes *ghes,
 			 const struct acpi_hest_generic_status *estatus)
 {
 	int sev, sec_sev;
@@ -498,6 +526,7 @@ static void ghes_do_proc(struct ghes *ghes,
 	guid_t *sec_type;
 	const guid_t *fru_id = &guid_null;
 	char *fru_text = "";
+	bool queued = false;
 
 	sev = ghes_severity(estatus->error_severity);
 	apei_estatus_for_each_section(estatus, gdata) {
@@ -515,7 +544,7 @@ static void ghes_do_proc(struct ghes *ghes,
 			ghes_edac_report_mem_error(sev, mem_err);
 
 			arch_apei_report_mem_error(sev, mem_err);
-			ghes_handle_memory_failure(gdata, sev);
+			queued = ghes_handle_memory_failure(ghes, gdata, sev);
 		}
 		else if (guid_equal(sec_type, &CPER_SEC_PCIE)) {
 			ghes_handle_aer(gdata);
@@ -532,6 +561,8 @@ static void ghes_do_proc(struct ghes *ghes,
 					       gdata->error_data_length);
 		}
 	}
+
+	return queued;
 }
 
 static void __ghes_print_estatus(const char *pfx,
@@ -827,7 +858,9 @@ 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);
 	/*
@@ -842,14 +875,26 @@ 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);
-		ghes_do_proc(estatus_node->ghes, estatus);
+		task_work_pending = 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);
 		}
-		gen_pool_free(ghes_estatus_pool, (unsigned long)estatus_node,
-			      node_len);
+
+		if (task_work_pending && current->mm != &init_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,
+					    true);
+			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);
+
 		llnode = next;
 	}
 }
@@ -909,6 +954,7 @@ 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 e3f1cddb4ac8..517a5231cc1b 100644
--- a/include/acpi/ghes.h
+++ b/include/acpi/ghes.h
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@ 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 {
