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diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/syscall.c b/arch/mips/kernel/syscall.c
index 970e3e96b1d0c..26e1a7e78d13d 100644
--- a/arch/mips/kernel/syscall.c
+++ b/arch/mips/kernel/syscall.c
@@ -406,3 +406,32 @@ asmlinkage void bad_stack(void)
{
do_exit(SIGSEGV);
}
+
+/*
+ * Do a system call from kernel instead of calling sys_execve so we
+ * end up with proper pt_regs.
+ */
+int kernel_execve(const char *filename, char *const argv[], char *const envp[])
+{
+ register unsigned long __a0 asm("$4") = (unsigned long) filename;
+ register unsigned long __a1 asm("$5") = (unsigned long) argv;
+ register unsigned long __a2 asm("$6") = (unsigned long) envp;
+ register unsigned long __a3 asm("$7");
+ unsigned long __v0;
+
+ __asm__ volatile (" \n"
+ " .set noreorder \n"
+ " li $2, %5 # __NR_execve \n"
+ " syscall \n"
+ " move %0, $2 \n"
+ " .set reorder \n"
+ : "=&r" (__v0), "=r" (__a3)
+ : "r" (__a0), "r" (__a1), "r" (__a2), "i" (__NR_execve)
+ : "$2", "$8", "$9", "$10", "$11", "$12", "$13", "$14", "$15", "$24",
+ "memory");
+
+ if (__a3 == 0)
+ return __v0;
+
+ return -__v0;
+}