diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index cd4481ebf8f2..6324a37546fd 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 2d33976fb395a5b9cb00f2c24132b3f272eb9a9d
+refs/heads/master: c90e6fbb220d44988cb65af3707367c57cdb65a8
diff --git a/trunk/arch/mips/kernel/entry.S b/trunk/arch/mips/kernel/entry.S
index a6c133212003..9b00362f32f6 100644
--- a/trunk/arch/mips/kernel/entry.S
+++ b/trunk/arch/mips/kernel/entry.S
@@ -36,6 +36,11 @@ FEXPORT(ret_from_exception)
 FEXPORT(ret_from_irq)
 	LONG_S	s0, TI_REGS($28)
 FEXPORT(__ret_from_irq)
+/*
+ * We can be coming here from a syscall done in the kernel space,
+ * e.g. a failed kernel_execve().
+ */
+resume_userspace_check:
 	LONG_L	t0, PT_STATUS(sp)		# returning to kernel mode?
 	andi	t0, t0, KU_USER
 	beqz	t0, resume_kernel
@@ -162,7 +167,7 @@ work_notifysig:				# deal with pending signals and
 	move	a0, sp
 	li	a1, 0
 	jal	do_notify_resume	# a2 already loaded
-	j	resume_userspace
+	j	resume_userspace_check
 
 FEXPORT(syscall_exit_partial)
 	local_irq_disable		# make sure need_resched doesn't