diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/ptrace.c b/arch/arm/kernel/ptrace.c
index ce131ed5939d5..ae738a6319f6a 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/ptrace.c
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/ptrace.c
@@ -600,7 +600,7 @@ static int gpr_set(struct task_struct *target,
 		   const void *kbuf, const void __user *ubuf)
 {
 	int ret;
-	struct pt_regs newregs;
+	struct pt_regs newregs = *task_pt_regs(target);
 
 	ret = user_regset_copyin(&pos, &count, &kbuf, &ubuf,
 				 &newregs,