1 files changed, 3 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/entry_64.S b/arch/x86/kernel/entry_64.S
index c20c9e7e08d..556a8df522a 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/entry_64.S
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/entry_64.S
@@ -319,19 +319,17 @@ badsys:
         /* Do syscall tracing */
 tracesys:                        
         SAVE_REST
-        movq $-ENOSYS,RAX(%rsp)
+        movq $-ENOSYS,RAX(%rsp) /* ptrace can change this for a bad syscall */
         FIXUP_TOP_OF_STACK %rdi
         movq %rsp,%rdi
         call syscall_trace_enter
         LOAD_ARGS ARGOFFSET  /* reload args from stack in case ptrace changed it */
         RESTORE_REST
         cmpq $__NR_syscall_max,%rax
-        movq $-ENOSYS,%rcx
-        cmova %rcx,%rax
-        ja  1f
+        ja   int_ret_from_sys_call      /* RAX(%rsp) set to -ENOSYS above */
         movq %r10,%rcx  /* fixup for C */
         call *sys_call_table(,%rax,8)
-1:      movq %rax,RAX-ARGOFFSET(%rsp)
+        movq %rax,RAX-ARGOFFSET(%rsp)
         /* Use IRET because user could have changed frame */
                 
 /*