diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/scall32-o32.S b/arch/mips/kernel/scall32-o32.S
index c5bf845c7dd4..6e8de80bb446 100644
--- a/arch/mips/kernel/scall32-o32.S
+++ b/arch/mips/kernel/scall32-o32.S
@@ -181,6 +181,7 @@ illegal_syscall:
 	sll	t1, t0, 2
 	beqz	v0, einval
 	lw	t2, sys_call_table(t1)		# syscall routine
+	sw	a0, PT_R2(sp)			# call routine directly on restart
 
 	/* Some syscalls like execve get their arguments from struct pt_regs
 	   and claim zero arguments in the syscall table. Thus we have to
diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/scall64-o32.S b/arch/mips/kernel/scall64-o32.S
index 4fdca4fb7943..d07b210fbeff 100644
--- a/arch/mips/kernel/scall64-o32.S
+++ b/arch/mips/kernel/scall64-o32.S
@@ -186,6 +186,7 @@ LEAF(sys32_syscall)
 	dsll	t1, t0, 3
 	beqz	v0, einval
 	ld	t2, sys32_call_table(t1)		# syscall routine
+	sd	a0, PT_R2(sp)		# call routine directly on restart
 
 	move	a0, a1			# shift argument registers
 	move	a1, a2