diff --git a/arch/xtensa/include/uapi/asm/ptrace.h b/arch/xtensa/include/uapi/asm/ptrace.h
index 2ec0f9100a06..50db3e0a6341 100644
--- a/arch/xtensa/include/uapi/asm/ptrace.h
+++ b/arch/xtensa/include/uapi/asm/ptrace.h
@@ -50,7 +50,8 @@ struct user_pt_regs {
 	__u32 windowstart;
 	__u32 windowbase;
 	__u32 threadptr;
-	__u32 reserved[7 + 48];
+	__u32 syscall;
+	__u32 reserved[6 + 48];
 	__u32 a[64];
 };
 
diff --git a/arch/xtensa/kernel/ptrace.c b/arch/xtensa/kernel/ptrace.c
index 0278d7dfb4d6..437b4297948d 100644
--- a/arch/xtensa/kernel/ptrace.c
+++ b/arch/xtensa/kernel/ptrace.c
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ static int gpr_get(struct task_struct *target,
 		.threadptr = regs->threadptr,
 		.windowbase = regs->windowbase,
 		.windowstart = regs->windowstart,
+		.syscall = regs->syscall,
 	};
 
 	memcpy(newregs.a,
@@ -91,6 +92,9 @@ static int gpr_set(struct task_struct *target,
 	regs->sar = newregs.sar;
 	regs->threadptr = newregs.threadptr;
 
+	if (newregs.syscall)
+		regs->syscall = newregs.syscall;
+
 	if (newregs.windowbase != regs->windowbase ||
 	    newregs.windowstart != regs->windowstart) {
 		u32 rotws, wmask;