diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/entry_32.S b/arch/powerpc/kernel/entry_32.S
index e514de57a125..d22e73e4618b 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/entry_32.S
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/entry_32.S
@@ -439,8 +439,6 @@ ret_from_fork:
 ret_from_kernel_thread:
 	REST_NVGPRS(r1)
 	bl	schedule_tail
-	li	r3,0
-	stw	r3,0(r1)
 	mtlr	r14
 	mr	r3,r15
 	PPC440EP_ERR42
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/entry_64.S b/arch/powerpc/kernel/entry_64.S
index 3fe5259e2fea..48e8a86e7cb2 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/entry_64.S
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/entry_64.S
@@ -376,8 +376,6 @@ _GLOBAL(ret_from_fork)
 _GLOBAL(ret_from_kernel_thread)
 	bl	.schedule_tail
 	REST_NVGPRS(r1)
-	li	r3,0
-	std	r3,0(r1)
 	ld	r14, 0(r14)
 	mtlr	r14
 	mr	r3,r15
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c
index ceb4e7b62cf4..21981a89e394 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c
@@ -971,6 +971,7 @@ int copy_thread(unsigned long clone_flags, unsigned long usp,
 	 * do some house keeping and then return from the fork or clone
 	 * system call, using the stack frame created above.
 	 */
+	((unsigned long *)sp)[0] = 0;
 	sp -= sizeof(struct pt_regs);
 	kregs = (struct pt_regs *) sp;
 	sp -= STACK_FRAME_OVERHEAD;