diff --git a/arch/microblaze/include/asm/processor.h b/arch/microblaze/include/asm/processor.h
index d8e15434ba21..4bed76d0a6c4 100644
--- a/arch/microblaze/include/asm/processor.h
+++ b/arch/microblaze/include/asm/processor.h
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ static inline void start_thread(struct pt_regs *regs,
 {
 	regs->pc = pc;
 	regs->r1 = usp;
-	regs->kernel_mode = 0;
+	regs->pt_mode = 0;
 }
 
 /* Free all resources held by a thread. */
diff --git a/arch/microblaze/include/asm/ptrace.h b/arch/microblaze/include/asm/ptrace.h
index f1f03486428a..55015bce5e47 100644
--- a/arch/microblaze/include/asm/ptrace.h
+++ b/arch/microblaze/include/asm/ptrace.h
@@ -52,10 +52,10 @@ struct pt_regs {
 	microblaze_reg_t ear;
 	microblaze_reg_t esr;
 	microblaze_reg_t fsr;
-	int kernel_mode;
+	int pt_mode;
 };
 
-#define kernel_mode(regs)		((regs)->kernel_mode)
+#define kernel_mode(regs)		((regs)->pt_mode)
 #define user_mode(regs)			(!kernel_mode(regs))
 
 #define instruction_pointer(regs)	((regs)->pc)
diff --git a/arch/microblaze/kernel/asm-offsets.c b/arch/microblaze/kernel/asm-offsets.c
index 38e1a2e8ad0c..aabd9e9423a6 100644
--- a/arch/microblaze/kernel/asm-offsets.c
+++ b/arch/microblaze/kernel/asm-offsets.c
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	DEFINE(PT_R29, offsetof(struct pt_regs, r29));
 	DEFINE(PT_R30, offsetof(struct pt_regs, r30));
 	DEFINE(PT_R31, offsetof(struct pt_regs, r31));
-	DEFINE(PT_MODE, offsetof(struct pt_regs, kernel_mode));
+	DEFINE(PT_MODE, offsetof(struct pt_regs, pt_mode));
 	BLANK();
 
 	/* Magic offsets for PTRACE PEEK/POKE etc */
diff --git a/arch/microblaze/kernel/process.c b/arch/microblaze/kernel/process.c
index bdc8b2c6c574..40cc1480810e 100644
--- a/arch/microblaze/kernel/process.c
+++ b/arch/microblaze/kernel/process.c
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 
 void show_regs(struct pt_regs *regs)
 {
-	printk(KERN_INFO " Registers dump: mode=%X\r\n", regs->kernel_mode);
+	printk(KERN_INFO " Registers dump: mode=%X\r\n", regs->pt_mode);
 	printk(KERN_INFO " r1=%08lX, r2=%08lX, r3=%08lX, r4=%08lX\n",
 				regs->r1, regs->r2, regs->r3, regs->r4);
 	printk(KERN_INFO " r5=%08lX, r6=%08lX, r7=%08lX, r8=%08lX\n",
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ int kernel_thread(int (*fn)(void *), void *arg, unsigned long flags)
 	regs.r6 = (unsigned long)arg;
 	local_save_flags(regs.msr);
 	regs.pc = (unsigned long)kernel_thread_helper;
-	regs.kernel_mode = 1;
+	regs.pt_mode = 1;
 
 	ret = do_fork(flags | CLONE_VM | CLONE_UNTRACED, 0,
 			&regs, 0, NULL, NULL);