diff --git a/arch/c6x/include/asm/unistd.h b/arch/c6x/include/asm/unistd.h
index 6d54ea4262eb..1ce3a6f2372b 100644
--- a/arch/c6x/include/asm/unistd.h
+++ b/arch/c6x/include/asm/unistd.h
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@
 #if !defined(_ASM_C6X_UNISTD_H) || defined(__SYSCALL)
 #define _ASM_C6X_UNISTD_H
 
+#define __ARCH_WANT_KERNEL_EXECVE
+
 /* Use the standard ABI for syscalls. */
 #include <asm-generic/unistd.h>
 
diff --git a/arch/c6x/kernel/entry.S b/arch/c6x/kernel/entry.S
index 6e6bd9d3d9cc..32e3683da718 100644
--- a/arch/c6x/kernel/entry.S
+++ b/arch/c6x/kernel/entry.S
@@ -420,6 +420,12 @@ ENTRY(ret_from_kernel_thread)
 	BNOP	.S2	B11,5	/* jump to sys_exit */
 ENDPROC(ret_from_kernel_thread)
 
+ENTRY(ret_from_kernel_execve)
+	GET_THREAD_INFO A12
+	BNOP	.S2	syscall_exit,4
+	ADD	.D2X	A4,-8,SP
+ENDPROC(ret_from_kernel_execve)
+
 	;;
 	;; These are the interrupt handlers, responsible for calling __do_IRQ()
 	;; int6 is used for syscalls (see _system_call entry)
@@ -613,13 +619,6 @@ ENTRY(sys_sigaltstack)
 	NOP	4
 ENDPROC(sys_sigaltstack)
 
-	;; kernel_execve
-ENTRY(kernel_execve)
-	MVK	.S2	__NR_execve,B0
-	SWE
-	BNOP	.S2	B3,5
-ENDPROC(kernel_execve)
-
 	;;
 	;; Special system calls
 	;; return address is in B3