diff --git a/kernel/bpf/verifier.c b/kernel/bpf/verifier.c
index bb031e0e9006..50aec0a0fa25 100644
--- a/kernel/bpf/verifier.c
+++ b/kernel/bpf/verifier.c
@@ -2645,6 +2645,21 @@ static int backtrack_insn(struct bpf_verifier_env *env, int idx,
 			}
 		} else if (opcode == BPF_EXIT) {
 			return -ENOTSUPP;
+		} else if (BPF_SRC(insn->code) == BPF_X) {
+			if (!(*reg_mask & (dreg | sreg)))
+				return 0;
+			/* dreg <cond> sreg
+			 * Both dreg and sreg need precision before
+			 * this insn. If only sreg was marked precise
+			 * before it would be equally necessary to
+			 * propagate it to dreg.
+			 */
+			*reg_mask |= (sreg | dreg);
+			 /* else dreg <cond> K
+			  * Only dreg still needs precision before
+			  * this insn, so for the K-based conditional
+			  * there is nothing new to be marked.
+			  */
 		}
 	} else if (class == BPF_LD) {
 		if (!(*reg_mask & dreg))