1 files changed, 7 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/arch/i386/kernel/process.c b/arch/i386/kernel/process.c
index 85bd56d44314..96e3ea6b17c7 100644
--- a/arch/i386/kernel/process.c
+++ b/arch/i386/kernel/process.c
@@ -400,11 +400,6 @@ int copy_thread(int nr, unsigned long clone_flags, unsigned long esp,
         int err;
 
         childregs = ((struct pt_regs *) (THREAD_SIZE + (unsigned long) p->thread_info)) - 1;
-        *childregs = *regs;
-        childregs->eax = 0;
-        childregs->esp = esp;
-
-        p->thread.esp = (unsigned long) childregs;
         /*
          * The below -8 is to reserve 8 bytes on top of the ring0 stack.
          * This is necessary to guarantee that the entire "struct pt_regs"
@@ -415,7 +410,13 @@ int copy_thread(int nr, unsigned long clone_flags, unsigned long esp,
          * "struct pt_regs" is possible, but they may contain the
          * completely wrong values.
          */
-        p->thread.esp0 = (unsigned long) (childregs+1) - 8;
+        childregs = (struct pt_regs *) ((unsigned long) childregs - 8);
+        *childregs = *regs;
+        childregs->eax = 0;
+        childregs->esp = esp;
+
+        p->thread.esp = (unsigned long) childregs;
+        p->thread.esp0 = (unsigned long) (childregs+1);
 
         p->thread.eip = (unsigned long) ret_from_fork;