diff --git a/kernel/sched/core.c b/kernel/sched/core.c
index 010d578118d6..df9f1fe5689b 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/core.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/core.c
@@ -5105,37 +5105,40 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE2(sched_getparam, pid_t, pid, struct sched_param __user *, param)
 	return retval;
 }
 
-static int sched_read_attr(struct sched_attr __user *uattr,
-			   struct sched_attr *attr,
-			   unsigned int usize)
+/*
+ * Copy the kernel size attribute structure (which might be larger
+ * than what user-space knows about) to user-space.
+ *
+ * Note that all cases are valid: user-space buffer can be larger or
+ * smaller than the kernel-space buffer. The usual case is that both
+ * have the same size.
+ */
+static int
+sched_attr_copy_to_user(struct sched_attr __user *uattr,
+			struct sched_attr *kattr,
+			unsigned int usize)
 {
-	int ret;
+	unsigned int ksize = sizeof(*kattr);
 
 	if (!access_ok(uattr, usize))
 		return -EFAULT;
 
 	/*
-	 * If we're handed a smaller struct than we know of,
-	 * ensure all the unknown bits are 0 - i.e. old
-	 * user-space does not get uncomplete information.
+	 * sched_getattr() ABI forwards and backwards compatibility:
+	 *
+	 * If usize == ksize then we just copy everything to user-space and all is good.
+	 *
+	 * If usize < ksize then we only copy as much as user-space has space for,
+	 * this keeps ABI compatibility as well. We skip the rest.
+	 *
+	 * If usize > ksize then user-space is using a newer version of the ABI,
+	 * which part the kernel doesn't know about. Just ignore it - tooling can
+	 * detect the kernel's knowledge of attributes from the attr->size value
+	 * which is set to ksize in this case.
 	 */
-	if (usize < sizeof(*attr)) {
-		unsigned char *addr;
-		unsigned char *end;
+	kattr->size = min(usize, ksize);
 
-		addr = (void *)attr + usize;
-		end  = (void *)attr + sizeof(*attr);
-
-		for (; addr < end; addr++) {
-			if (*addr)
-				return -EFBIG;
-		}
-
-		attr->size = usize;
-	}
-
-	ret = copy_to_user(uattr, attr, attr->size);
-	if (ret)
+	if (copy_to_user(uattr, kattr, kattr->size))
 		return -EFAULT;
 
 	return 0;
@@ -5145,20 +5148,18 @@ static int sched_read_attr(struct sched_attr __user *uattr,
  * sys_sched_getattr - similar to sched_getparam, but with sched_attr
  * @pid: the pid in question.
  * @uattr: structure containing the extended parameters.
- * @size: sizeof(attr) for fwd/bwd comp.
+ * @usize: sizeof(attr) that user-space knows about, for forwards and backwards compatibility.
  * @flags: for future extension.
  */
 SYSCALL_DEFINE4(sched_getattr, pid_t, pid, struct sched_attr __user *, uattr,
-		unsigned int, size, unsigned int, flags)
+		unsigned int, usize, unsigned int, flags)
 {
-	struct sched_attr attr = {
-		.size = sizeof(struct sched_attr),
-	};
+	struct sched_attr kattr = { };
 	struct task_struct *p;
 	int retval;
 
-	if (!uattr || pid < 0 || size > PAGE_SIZE ||
-	    size < SCHED_ATTR_SIZE_VER0 || flags)
+	if (!uattr || pid < 0 || usize > PAGE_SIZE ||
+	    usize < SCHED_ATTR_SIZE_VER0 || flags)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	rcu_read_lock();
@@ -5171,25 +5172,24 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE4(sched_getattr, pid_t, pid, struct sched_attr __user *, uattr,
 	if (retval)
 		goto out_unlock;
 
-	attr.sched_policy = p->policy;
+	kattr.sched_policy = p->policy;
 	if (p->sched_reset_on_fork)
-		attr.sched_flags |= SCHED_FLAG_RESET_ON_FORK;
+		kattr.sched_flags |= SCHED_FLAG_RESET_ON_FORK;
 	if (task_has_dl_policy(p))
-		__getparam_dl(p, &attr);
+		__getparam_dl(p, &kattr);
 	else if (task_has_rt_policy(p))
-		attr.sched_priority = p->rt_priority;
+		kattr.sched_priority = p->rt_priority;
 	else
-		attr.sched_nice = task_nice(p);
+		kattr.sched_nice = task_nice(p);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_UCLAMP_TASK
-	attr.sched_util_min = p->uclamp_req[UCLAMP_MIN].value;
-	attr.sched_util_max = p->uclamp_req[UCLAMP_MAX].value;
+	kattr.sched_util_min = p->uclamp_req[UCLAMP_MIN].value;
+	kattr.sched_util_max = p->uclamp_req[UCLAMP_MAX].value;
 #endif
 
 	rcu_read_unlock();
 
-	retval = sched_read_attr(uattr, &attr, size);
-	return retval;
+	return sched_attr_copy_to_user(uattr, &kattr, usize);
 
 out_unlock:
 	rcu_read_unlock();