diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/ptrace32.c b/arch/mips/kernel/ptrace32.c
index 76818be6ba7c..cac56a8c8679 100644
--- a/arch/mips/kernel/ptrace32.c
+++ b/arch/mips/kernel/ptrace32.c
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
  * binaries.
  */
 #include <linux/compiler.h>
+#include <linux/compat.h>
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
 #include <linux/sched.h>
 #include <linux/mm.h>
@@ -46,37 +47,13 @@ int ptrace_setfpregs(struct task_struct *child, __u32 __user *data);
  * Tracing a 32-bit process with a 64-bit strace and vice versa will not
  * work.  I don't know how to fix this.
  */
-asmlinkage int sys32_ptrace(int request, int pid, int addr, int data)
+long compat_arch_ptrace(struct task_struct *child, compat_long_t request,
+			compat_ulong_t caddr, compat_ulong_t cdata)
 {
-	struct task_struct *child;
+	int addr = caddr;
+	int data = cdata;
 	int ret;
 
-#if 0
-	printk("ptrace(r=%d,pid=%d,addr=%08lx,data=%08lx)\n",
-	       (int) request, (int) pid, (unsigned long) addr,
-	       (unsigned long) data);
-#endif
-	lock_kernel();
-	if (request == PTRACE_TRACEME) {
-		ret = ptrace_traceme();
-		goto out;
-	}
-
-	child = ptrace_get_task_struct(pid);
-	if (IS_ERR(child)) {
-		ret = PTR_ERR(child);
-		goto out;
-	}
-
-	if (request == PTRACE_ATTACH) {
-		ret = ptrace_attach(child);
-		goto out_tsk;
-	}
-
-	ret = ptrace_check_attach(child, request == PTRACE_KILL);
-	if (ret < 0)
-		goto out_tsk;
-
 	switch (request) {
 	/* when I and D space are separate, these will need to be fixed. */
 	case PTRACE_PEEKTEXT: /* read word at location addr. */
@@ -214,7 +191,7 @@ asmlinkage int sys32_ptrace(int request, int pid, int addr, int data)
 			if (!cpu_has_dsp) {
 				tmp = 0;
 				ret = -EIO;
-				goto out_tsk;
+				goto out;
 			}
 			dregs = __get_dsp_regs(child);
 			tmp = (unsigned long) (dregs[addr - DSP_BASE]);
@@ -224,14 +201,14 @@ asmlinkage int sys32_ptrace(int request, int pid, int addr, int data)
 			if (!cpu_has_dsp) {
 				tmp = 0;
 				ret = -EIO;
-				goto out_tsk;
+				goto out;
 			}
 			tmp = child->thread.dsp.dspcontrol;
 			break;
 		default:
 			tmp = 0;
 			ret = -EIO;
-			goto out_tsk;
+			goto out;
 		}
 		ret = put_user(tmp, (unsigned __user *) (unsigned long) data);
 		break;
@@ -414,10 +391,6 @@ asmlinkage int sys32_ptrace(int request, int pid, int addr, int data)
 		ret = ptrace_request(child, request, addr, data);
 		break;
 	}
-
-out_tsk:
-	put_task_struct(child);
 out:
-	unlock_kernel();
 	return ret;
 }
diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/scall64-n32.S b/arch/mips/kernel/scall64-n32.S
index da7f1b6ea0fb..324c5499dec2 100644
--- a/arch/mips/kernel/scall64-n32.S
+++ b/arch/mips/kernel/scall64-n32.S
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ EXPORT(sysn32_call_table)
 	PTR	compat_sys_getrusage
 	PTR	compat_sys_sysinfo
 	PTR	compat_sys_times
-	PTR	sys32_ptrace
+	PTR	compat_sys_ptrace
 	PTR	sys_getuid			/* 6100 */
 	PTR	sys_syslog
 	PTR	sys_getgid
diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/scall64-o32.S b/arch/mips/kernel/scall64-o32.S
index d7cd1aac9ada..85fedac99a57 100644
--- a/arch/mips/kernel/scall64-o32.S
+++ b/arch/mips/kernel/scall64-o32.S
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ sys_call_table:
 	PTR	sys_setuid
 	PTR	sys_getuid
 	PTR	compat_sys_stime		/* 4025 */
-	PTR	sys32_ptrace
+	PTR	compat_sys_ptrace
 	PTR	sys_alarm
 	PTR	sys_ni_syscall			/* was sys_fstat */
 	PTR	sys_pause
diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/signal32.c b/arch/mips/kernel/signal32.c
index 572c610db1b1..652709b353ad 100644
--- a/arch/mips/kernel/signal32.c
+++ b/arch/mips/kernel/signal32.c
@@ -482,6 +482,18 @@ int copy_siginfo_to_user32(compat_siginfo_t __user *to, siginfo_t *from)
 	return err;
 }
 
+int copy_siginfo_from_user32(siginfo_t *to, compat_siginfo_t __user *from)
+{
+	memset(to, 0, sizeof *to);
+
+	if (copy_from_user(to, from, 3*sizeof(int)) ||
+	    copy_from_user(to->_sifields._pad,
+			   from->_sifields._pad, SI_PAD_SIZE32))
+		return -EFAULT;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 asmlinkage void sys32_sigreturn(nabi_no_regargs struct pt_regs regs)
 {
 	struct sigframe32 __user *frame;
diff --git a/include/asm-mips/ptrace.h b/include/asm-mips/ptrace.h
index 786f7e3c99bc..c00cca24dae0 100644
--- a/include/asm-mips/ptrace.h
+++ b/include/asm-mips/ptrace.h
@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@
 #ifndef _ASM_PTRACE_H
 #define _ASM_PTRACE_H
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_64BIT
+#define __ARCH_WANT_COMPAT_SYS_PTRACE
+#endif
 
 /* 0 - 31 are integer registers, 32 - 63 are fp registers.  */
 #define FPR_BASE	32