diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/asm-offsets.c b/arch/mips/kernel/asm-offsets.c
index ea7df4b8da338d92822f35d72d96e52324415429..c0b089d47181bcd946f740571f0aed7b788c517b 100644
--- a/arch/mips/kernel/asm-offsets.c
+++ b/arch/mips/kernel/asm-offsets.c
@@ -249,7 +249,6 @@ void output_sc_defines(void)
 	offset("#define SC_MDHI       ", struct sigcontext, sc_mdhi);
 	offset("#define SC_MDLO       ", struct sigcontext, sc_mdlo);
 	offset("#define SC_PC         ", struct sigcontext, sc_pc);
-	offset("#define SC_STATUS     ", struct sigcontext, sc_status);
 	offset("#define SC_FPC_CSR    ", struct sigcontext, sc_fpc_csr);
 	offset("#define SC_FPC_EIR    ", struct sigcontext, sc_fpc_eir);
 	offset("#define SC_HI1        ", struct sigcontext, sc_hi1);
diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/signal32.c b/arch/mips/kernel/signal32.c
index 5d102efbdbea55bec75614c02616319e62437190..0994d6e1d69151402f331c1c7ffb3a23016c34e2 100644
--- a/arch/mips/kernel/signal32.c
+++ b/arch/mips/kernel/signal32.c
@@ -170,7 +170,6 @@ static int setup_sigcontext32(struct pt_regs *regs,
 	int i;
 
 	err |= __put_user(regs->cp0_epc, &sc->sc_pc);
-	err |= __put_user(regs->cp0_status, &sc->sc_status);
 
 	err |= __put_user(0, &sc->sc_regs[0]);
 	for (i = 1; i < 32; i++)
diff --git a/include/asm-mips/sigcontext.h b/include/asm-mips/sigcontext.h
index cefa657dd04a86268923122e5bb8fce3ec1fa480..3c175a7e43450ceb7ee3b4a667628ef4043811c5 100644
--- a/include/asm-mips/sigcontext.h
+++ b/include/asm-mips/sigcontext.h
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
  */
 struct sigcontext {
 	unsigned int		sc_regmask;	/* Unused */
-	unsigned int		sc_status;
+	unsigned int		sc_status;	/* Unused */
 	unsigned long long	sc_pc;
 	unsigned long long	sc_regs[32];
 	unsigned long long	sc_fpregs[32];
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ struct sigcontext {
 
 struct sigcontext32 {
 	__u32		sc_regmask;	/* Unused */
-	__u32		sc_status;
+	__u32		sc_status;	/* Unused */
 	__u64		sc_pc;
 	__u64		sc_regs[32];
 	__u64		sc_fpregs[32];