diff --git a/kernel/ptrace.c b/kernel/ptrace.c
index eb4d04cb3aaf5..d99f73f83bf5f 100644
--- a/kernel/ptrace.c
+++ b/kernel/ptrace.c
@@ -370,6 +370,26 @@ bool ptrace_may_access(struct task_struct *task, unsigned int mode)
 	return !err;
 }
 
+static int check_ptrace_options(unsigned long data)
+{
+	if (data & ~(unsigned long)PTRACE_O_MASK)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	if (unlikely(data & PTRACE_O_SUSPEND_SECCOMP)) {
+		if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_CHECKPOINT_RESTORE) ||
+		    !IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_SECCOMP))
+			return -EINVAL;
+
+		if (!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
+			return -EPERM;
+
+		if (seccomp_mode(&current->seccomp) != SECCOMP_MODE_DISABLED ||
+		    current->ptrace & PT_SUSPEND_SECCOMP)
+			return -EPERM;
+	}
+	return 0;
+}
+
 static int ptrace_attach(struct task_struct *task, long request,
 			 unsigned long addr,
 			 unsigned long flags)
@@ -381,8 +401,16 @@ static int ptrace_attach(struct task_struct *task, long request,
 	if (seize) {
 		if (addr != 0)
 			goto out;
+		/*
+		 * This duplicates the check in check_ptrace_options() because
+		 * ptrace_attach() and ptrace_setoptions() have historically
+		 * used different error codes for unknown ptrace options.
+		 */
 		if (flags & ~(unsigned long)PTRACE_O_MASK)
 			goto out;
+		retval = check_ptrace_options(flags);
+		if (retval)
+			return retval;
 		flags = PT_PTRACED | PT_SEIZED | (flags << PT_OPT_FLAG_SHIFT);
 	} else {
 		flags = PT_PTRACED;
@@ -655,22 +683,11 @@ int ptrace_writedata(struct task_struct *tsk, char __user *src, unsigned long ds
 static int ptrace_setoptions(struct task_struct *child, unsigned long data)
 {
 	unsigned flags;
+	int ret;
 
-	if (data & ~(unsigned long)PTRACE_O_MASK)
-		return -EINVAL;
-
-	if (unlikely(data & PTRACE_O_SUSPEND_SECCOMP)) {
-		if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_CHECKPOINT_RESTORE) ||
-		    !IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_SECCOMP))
-			return -EINVAL;
-
-		if (!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
-			return -EPERM;
-
-		if (seccomp_mode(&current->seccomp) != SECCOMP_MODE_DISABLED ||
-		    current->ptrace & PT_SUSPEND_SECCOMP)
-			return -EPERM;
-	}
+	ret = check_ptrace_options(data);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
 
 	/* Avoid intermediate state when all opts are cleared */
 	flags = child->ptrace;