diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/rseq/rseq-mips.h b/tools/testing/selftests/rseq/rseq-mips.h
index fe3eabcdcbe5..e989e7c14b09 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/rseq/rseq-mips.h
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/rseq/rseq-mips.h
@@ -7,7 +7,39 @@
  * (C) Copyright 2016-2018 - Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com>
  */
 
-#define RSEQ_SIG	0x53053053
+/*
+ * RSEQ_SIG uses the break instruction. The instruction pattern is:
+ *
+ * On MIPS:
+ *	0350000d        break     0x350
+ *
+ * On nanoMIPS:
+ *      00100350        break     0x350
+ *
+ * On microMIPS:
+ *      0000d407        break     0x350
+ *
+ * For nanoMIPS32 and microMIPS, the instruction stream is encoded as 16-bit
+ * halfwords, so the signature halfwords need to be swapped accordingly for
+ * little-endian.
+ */
+#if defined(__nanomips__)
+# ifdef __MIPSEL__
+#  define RSEQ_SIG	0x03500010
+# else
+#  define RSEQ_SIG	0x00100350
+# endif
+#elif defined(__mips_micromips)
+# ifdef __MIPSEL__
+#  define RSEQ_SIG	0xd4070000
+# else
+#  define RSEQ_SIG	0x0000d407
+# endif
+#elif defined(__mips__)
+# define RSEQ_SIG	0x0350000d
+#else
+/* Unknown MIPS architecture. */
+#endif
 
 #define rseq_smp_mb()	__asm__ __volatile__ ("sync" ::: "memory")
 #define rseq_smp_rmb()	rseq_smp_mb()