diff --git a/kernel/seccomp.c b/kernel/seccomp.c
index 98b59b5db90b..1f3347fc2605 100644
--- a/kernel/seccomp.c
+++ b/kernel/seccomp.c
@@ -171,10 +171,14 @@ static int seccomp_check_filter(struct sock_filter *filter, unsigned int flen)
 /**
  * seccomp_run_filters - evaluates all seccomp filters against @sd
  * @sd: optional seccomp data to be passed to filters
+ * @match: stores struct seccomp_filter that resulted in the return value,
+ *         unless filter returned SECCOMP_RET_ALLOW, in which case it will
+ *         be unchanged.
  *
  * Returns valid seccomp BPF response codes.
  */
-static u32 seccomp_run_filters(const struct seccomp_data *sd)
+static u32 seccomp_run_filters(const struct seccomp_data *sd,
+			       struct seccomp_filter **match)
 {
 	struct seccomp_data sd_local;
 	u32 ret = SECCOMP_RET_ALLOW;
@@ -198,8 +202,10 @@ static u32 seccomp_run_filters(const struct seccomp_data *sd)
 	for (; f; f = f->prev) {
 		u32 cur_ret = BPF_PROG_RUN(f->prog, sd);
 
-		if ((cur_ret & SECCOMP_RET_ACTION) < (ret & SECCOMP_RET_ACTION))
+		if ((cur_ret & SECCOMP_RET_ACTION) < (ret & SECCOMP_RET_ACTION)) {
 			ret = cur_ret;
+			*match = f;
+		}
 	}
 	return ret;
 }
@@ -566,6 +572,7 @@ static int __seccomp_filter(int this_syscall, const struct seccomp_data *sd,
 			    const bool recheck_after_trace)
 {
 	u32 filter_ret, action;
+	struct seccomp_filter *match = NULL;
 	int data;
 
 	/*
@@ -574,7 +581,7 @@ static int __seccomp_filter(int this_syscall, const struct seccomp_data *sd,
 	 */
 	rmb();
 
-	filter_ret = seccomp_run_filters(sd);
+	filter_ret = seccomp_run_filters(sd, &match);
 	data = filter_ret & SECCOMP_RET_DATA;
 	action = filter_ret & SECCOMP_RET_ACTION;
 
@@ -638,6 +645,11 @@ static int __seccomp_filter(int this_syscall, const struct seccomp_data *sd,
 		return 0;
 
 	case SECCOMP_RET_ALLOW:
+		/*
+		 * Note that the "match" filter will always be NULL for
+		 * this action since SECCOMP_RET_ALLOW is the starting
+		 * state in seccomp_run_filters().
+		 */
 		return 0;
 
 	case SECCOMP_RET_KILL: