1 files changed, 10 insertions, 20 deletions

diff --git a/arch/openrisc/kernel/entry.S b/arch/openrisc/kernel/entry.S
index 374e63e7c9f6..dce86aef8aba 100644
--- a/arch/openrisc/kernel/entry.S
+++ b/arch/openrisc/kernel/entry.S
@@ -894,6 +894,16 @@ ENTRY(ret_from_fork)
         l.jal   schedule_tail
          l.nop
 
+        /* Check if we are a kernel thread */
+        l.sfeqi r20,0
+        l.bf    1f
+         l.nop
+
+        /* ...we are a kernel thread so invoke the requested callback */
+        l.jalr  r20
+         l.or   r3,r22,r0
+
+1:
         /* _syscall_returns expect r11 to contain return value */
         l.lwz   r11,PT_GPR11(r1)
 
@@ -915,26 +925,6 @@ ENTRY(ret_from_fork)
         l.j     _syscall_return
          l.nop
 
-/* Since syscalls don't save call-clobbered registers, the args to
- * kernel_thread_helper will need to be passed through callee-saved
- * registers and copied to the parameter registers when the thread
- * begins running.
- *
- * See arch/openrisc/kernel/process.c:
- * The args are passed as follows:
- *   arg1 (r3) : passed in r20
- *   arg2 (r4) : passed in r22
- */
-
-ENTRY(_kernel_thread_helper)
-        l.or    r3,r20,r0
-        l.or    r4,r22,r0
-        l.movhi r31,hi(kernel_thread_helper)
-        l.ori   r31,r31,lo(kernel_thread_helper)
-        l.jr    r31
-         l.nop
-
-
 /* ========================================================[ switch ] === */
 
 /*