diff --git gdb/amd64-bsd-nat.c gdb/amd64-bsd-nat.c
index ca61a3551b..0f875f8296 100644
--- gdb/amd64-bsd-nat.c
+++ gdb/amd64-bsd-nat.c
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 #include <sys/types.h>
 #include <sys/ptrace.h>
 #include <machine/reg.h>
+#include <machine/psl.h>
 
 #include "amd64-tdep.h"
 #include "amd64-nat.h"
@@ -95,12 +96,19 @@ amd64bsd_store_inferior_registers (struct target_ops *ops,
   if (regnum == -1 || amd64_native_gregset_supplies_p (gdbarch, regnum))
     {
       struct reg regs;
+      register_t old_rflags;
 
       if (ptrace (PT_GETREGS, pid, (PTRACE_TYPE_ARG3) &regs, 0) == -1)
         perror_with_name (_("Couldn't get registers"));
 
+      old_rflags = regs.r_rflags;
       amd64_collect_native_gregset (regcache, &regs, regnum);
 
+      /* This is a workaround about the PSL_USERCHANGE posix limitation.  */
+      if ((regs.r_rflags ^ old_rflags ) & ~PSL_USERCHANGE)
+        {
+          regs.r_rflags ^= (regs.r_rflags ^ old_rflags ) & ~PSL_USERCHANGE;
+        }
       if (ptrace (PT_SETREGS, pid, (PTRACE_TYPE_ARG3) &regs, 0) == -1)
         perror_with_name (_("Couldn't write registers"));